| Amphisbaena carli | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. carli |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena carli Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2010 | |
Amphisbaena carli is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, carli, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.
Geographic range
A. carli has been found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. carli is savanna. The holotype was collected in an area that had been recently deforested and replanted with pines.
Description
A. carli is uniformly pink, both dorsally and ventrally. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 264 mm (10.4 in).
Behavior
A. carli is fossorial.
References
- ^ Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena carli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75159743A75159745.pt. Accessed on 27 June 2023. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ Amphisbaena carli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
Further reading
- Pinna, Pedro H.; Mendonça, André F.; Bocchiglieri, Adriana; Fernandes, Daniel S. (2010). "A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". Zootaxa 2569: 44–54. (Amphisbaena carli, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
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| Amphisbaena carli | |
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