Amphisbaena borelli

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Amphisbaena borelli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. borelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena borelli
Peracca, 1897
Synonyms [2]
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri borelli
    Gans, 1964
  • Leposternon borelli
    Gallardo, 1969
  • Cercolophia borelli
    Vanzolini, 1992
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    Mott & Vieites, 2009
  • Cercolophia borelli
    Avila et al., 2013

Amphisbaena borelli is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to central South America.

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Etymology

The specific name, borelli, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli. [3]

Geographic range

A. borelli is found in Argentina (Salta Province) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department and Tarija Department). [2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. borelli are forest and savanna. [1]

Description

Dorsally, A. borelli is grayish brown, with each segment being darker in the center. Ventally, it is dirty white, without markings. [4]

Reproduction

A. borelli is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Aguayo, R.; Aparicio, J.; Arzamendia, V.; Embert, D.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Gonzales, L.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Muñoz, A.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2016). "Amphisbaena borelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T56039152A56039155. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56039152A56039155.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Amphisbaena borelli 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 borelli, p. 32).
  4. Peracca (1897).

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