Amphisbaena mitchelli

Amphisbaena mitchelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: A. mitchelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena mitchelli
Procter, 1923[1]

Amphisbaena mitchelli is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of British zoologist Peter Chalmers Mitchell.[2]

Geographic range

A. mitchelli is found in Brazil, in the states of Maranhão and Pará.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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. (Amphisbaena mitchelli, p. 180).

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