Amphisbaena darwinii

Amphisbaena darwinii
Amphisbaena darwinii. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: A. darwinii
Binomial name
Amphisbaena darwinii
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Amphisbaena darwinii is a species of reptile in the genus Amphisbaena. This species is commonly known as Darwin's worm lizard in English or cobra-cega-comum in Portuguese, and it is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, darwinii, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin.[1]

Geographic range

It is found in Uruguay.[2]

References

  1. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena darwinii, p. 65.)
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org

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External links

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