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Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena

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Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: A. barbouri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena barbouri
Gans & Alexander, 1962
Synonyms
  • Amphisbaena cubana barbouri
    Gans & Alexander, 1962
  • Amphisbaena barbouri
    — Thomas & Hedges, 1998

The Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena (Amphisbaena barbouri), also known commonly as the Cuban many-ringed worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. barbouri is forest.

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Amphisbaena barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T74854656A75171281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74854656A75171281.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Amphisbaena barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  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 barbouri, p. 16).

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 barbouri, p. 11).
  • Gans C, Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 128 (3): 65-158 + Plates 1–12. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, new subspecies, pp. 100–101).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, p. 167).
  • Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 32 (1): 92–96. (Amphisbaena barbouri, new status).


Taxon identifiers
Amphisbaena barbouri


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