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Stejneger's worm lizard
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: A. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena stejnegeri
Ruthven, 1922

Stejneger's worm lizard (Amphisbaena stejnegeri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Guyana.

Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. stejnegeri is forest.

Reproduction

A. stejnegeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Oubotar, P. (2016). "Amphisbaena stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T66080030A66080035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66080030A66080035.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Amphisbaena stejnegeri 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 stejnegeri, p. 252).

Further reading

  • Gans C (1963). "Notes on Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 8. A Redescription of Amphisbaena stejnegeri and the Description of a New Species of Amphisbaena from British Guiana". American Museum Novitates (2128): 1–18. (Amphisbaena stejnegeri, pp. 3–13, Figures 2–9).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena stejnegeri, p. 20).
  • Ruthven AG (1922). "A New Species of Amphisbaena from British Guiana". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (122): 1–2. (Amphisbaena stejnegeri, 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.


Taxon identifiers
Amphisbaena stejnegeri


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