| Amphisbaena mebengokre | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. mebengokre |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena mebengokre Ribeiro, Sá, Santos, Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, Andrade & Vaz-Silva, 2019 | |
Amphisbaena mebengokre is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, mebengokre, refers to the Mebêngôkre, an indigenous people of Brazil.
Geographic range
A. mebengokre is found in Goiás state, Brazil.
References
- ^ Amphisbaena mebengokre at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 April 2019.
Further reading
- Ribeiro, Síria; Sá, Vânia; Santos, Alfredo P., Jr.; Graboski, Roberta; Zaher, Hussam; Guedes, Andrei G.; Andrade, Sheila P.; Vaz-Silva, Wilian (2019). "A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species". Zootaxa 4550 (3): 301-320. (Amphisbaena mebengokre, new species).
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| Amphisbaena mebengokre | |
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- Amphisbaena (lizard)
- Amphisbaenians of Brazil
- Endemic reptiles of Brazil
- Reptiles described in 2019
- Taxa named by Síria Ribeiro
- Taxa named by Vánia Sá
- Taxa named by Alfredo P. Santos Jr.
- Taxa named by Roberta Graboski
- Taxa named by Hussam Zaher
- Taxa named by Andrei G. Guedes
- Taxa named by Sheila P. Andrade
- Taxa named by Wilian Vaz-Silva
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