Amphisbaena (lizard)

Amphisbaena is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.

For the mythological creature, see Amphisbaena.

Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena alba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms

Anops, Aporarchus, Aulura, Bronia, Cephalopeltis, Cercolophia, Cynisca, Diphalus, Lepidosternon, Ophioproctus, Rhinoblanus, Sarea[1][2]

Amphisbaena mertensii

Species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

  • Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
  • Amphisbaena acangaoba L. Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa, 2020
  • Amphisbaena acrobeles (S. Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira, 2009)
  • Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 – red worm lizard, white worm lizard, white-bellied worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger, 1885
  • Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997
  • Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861 – South American worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914) – Barbour's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003
  • Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena arenicola Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019
  • Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964
  • Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 – Baker's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962 – Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991)
  • Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972)
  • Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929
  • Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) – Brazilian worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena brevis Strüssmann & Mott, 2009
  • Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 – Puerto Rican worm lizard, blind worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena caetitensis Almeida, Freitas, M. da Silva, Valverde, Rodrigues, Pires & Mott, 2018
  • Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Neto & Rodrigues, 2014
  • Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 – crooked worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges, 1998 – Cuban pink amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena carli Pinna et al., 2010
  • Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 – Carvalho worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928 – Cayemite long-tailed amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges, 2006 – Cayemite short-tailed amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena cegei Montero, Sáfadez & Álvarez, 1997
  • Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997
  • Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & W. Peters, 1879 – Cuban worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
  • Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991
  • Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Darwin's ringed worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924 – uncertain worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena elbakyanae Torres-Ramírez, Angarita-Sierra & Vargas-Ramírez, 2021
  • Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) – Cope's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena filiformis S. Ribeiro, Gomes, Rodrigues, H. da Silva, Cintra & N. da Silva, 2016
  • Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 – black and white worm lizard, speckled worm lizard, spotted worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962 – Gonâve worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881 – slender worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena heathi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Heath's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez, 2002
  • Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 – Hoge's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira, Vaz-Silva, A. Santos, Graboski, Teixeira, Dal Vechio & S. Ribeiro, 2018
  • Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965 – Barahona amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991
  • Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862 – innocent worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833) – King's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena kiriri L. Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa, 2018
  • Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971)
  • Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges, 2006 – Pestel amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 – Urucum worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878 – white-headed worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila, 2014
  • Amphisbaena longinqua Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, de Sena & Rodrigues, 2019
  • Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996
  • Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 – Mann's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel, 2012
  • Amphisbaena mebengokre S. Ribeiro, Sá, Santos, Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, S. Andrade & Vaz-Silva, 2019
  • Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977
  • Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 – Mertens's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira, Dal Vechio & Clemente, 2015
  • Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971
  • Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 – Mitchell's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena mongoyo Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, de Sena & Rodrigues, 2019
  • Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1960 – Munoa worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988
  • Amphisbaena nana Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019
  • Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936 – neglected worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 – black-headed worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876 – western worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921 – Perico worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2014
  • Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 – lead worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena polygrammica F. Werner, 1900 – Werner's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Rio Grande worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) – plum-colored worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 – Ridley's worm lizard, Noronha worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964
  • Amphisbaena rozei Lancini, 1963 – Roze's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994
  • Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003)
  • Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 – Schmidt's worm lizard, Tiburon stout anole, Puerto Rican dusky amphisbaena
  • Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 – Silvestri's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 – Slater's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena slevini K. Schmidt, 1938 – Slevin's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena spurrelli Boulenger, 1915 – Spurrell's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881
  • Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922 – Stejneger's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & E. dos Santos, 2009
  • Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995
  • Amphisbaena tiaraju Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019
  • Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911
  • Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971
  • Amphisbaena uroxena Mott et al., 2008
  • Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 – Vanzolini's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824 – Wagler's worm lizard
  • Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 – dry worm lizard, Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard,[2] North American worm lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

Etymology

The specific names carlgansi, carli, and cegei are all in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians.[2][3]

See also
  • List of reptiles of Brazil
  • Sineoamphisbaena

References
  1. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Amphisbæna, p. 435).
  2. Genus Amphisbaena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena cegei, p. 50; A. carlgansi, p. 97).

Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Amphisbaena.
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Amphisbæna, new genus, p. 229).


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