Amphisbaena cunhai
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Amphisbaena cunhai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | Amphisbaena |
Species: | A. cunhai
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Binomial name | |
Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991
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Amphisbaena cunhai is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, cunhai, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.[3]
Geographic range
A. cunhai is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. cunhai is forest, but it is also found in cultivated areas that were previously forest.[1]
Behavior
A. cunhai is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena cunhai ". The IUCNRed List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T7515986675159869.pt. Accessed on 08 May 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c Amphisbaena cunhai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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 cunhai, p. 62).
Further reading
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena cunhai, p. 113).
- Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1991). "A new species of smal Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Serie Zoologia 7 (1): 77–94. (Amphisbaena cunhai, new species).
- Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 42 (15): 351–362.
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