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Amphisbaena borelli

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Species of lizard

Amphisbaena borelli
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. borelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena borelli
Peracca, 1897
Synonyms
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri borelli
    — Gans, 1964
  • Leposternon borelli
    — Gallardo, 1969
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Vanzolini, 1992
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    — Mott & Vieites, 2009
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Avila et al., 2013

Amphisbaena borelli is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to central South America.

Etymology

The specific name, borelli, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.

Geographic range

A. borelli is found in Argentina (Salta Province) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department and Tarija Department).

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. borelli are forest and savanna.

Description

Dorsally, A. borelli is grayish brown, with each segment being darker in the center. Ventally, it is dirty white, without markings.

Reproduction

A. borelli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Aguayo, R.; Aparicio, J.; Arzamendia, V.; Embert, D.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Gonzales, L.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Muñoz, A.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Amphisbaena borelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56039152A56039155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56039152A56039155.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Amphisbaena borelli 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 borelli, p. 32).
  4. Peracca (1897).

Further reading

  • Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238. (Cercolophia borelli). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Gans C (1964). "The South American species of Amphisbaena with a vertically keeled tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica 45 (3/5): 387–416. (Amphisbaena steindachneri borellii, p. 397).
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1–19. (Amphisbaena borelli, new species, pp. 8–9). (in Italian).


Taxon identifiers
Amphisbaena borelli


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