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Inirida worm lizard
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: Mesobaena
Species: M. huebneri
Binomial name
Mesobaena huebneri
Mertens, 1925

The Inirida worm lizard (Mesobaena huebneri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to Colombia and Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner, who collected the holotype.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. huebneri is forest.

Behavior

M. huebneri is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

M. huebneri is oviparous.

Taxonomy

M. huebneri is the type species of the genus Mesobaena.

References

  1. ^ Renjifo, J.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Mesobaena huebneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44550993A44550996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44550993A44550996.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mesobaena huebneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 127).

Further reading

  • Gans C (1971). "Redescription of Three Monotypic Genera of Amphisbaenians from South America: Aulura Barbour, Bronia Gray, and Mesobaena Mertens". American Museum Novitates (2475): 1–32. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 22).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 34).
  • Mertens R (1925). "Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie Lepidosternen ". Senckenbergiana 7 (5): 170–171. (Mesobaena huebneri, new species). (in German).
  • Mertens R (1926). "Herpetologische Mitteilungen. XI. Weiterer Bemerkungen über Mesobaena huebneri Mertens. Senckenbergiana 8 (3/4): 150–151. (in German).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.


Taxon identifiers
Mesobaena huebneri


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