Amphisbaena cunhai

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Amphisbaena cunhai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. cunhai
Binomial name
Amphisbaena cunhai

Amphisbaena cunhai is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, cunhai, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha. [3]

Geographic range

A. cunhai is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. cunhai is forest, but it is also found in cultivated areas that were previously forest. [1]

Behavior

A. cunhai is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]

Reproduction

A. cunhai is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena cunhai ". The IUCNRed List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T7515986675159869.pt. Accessed on 08 May 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. 1 2 3 Amphisbaena cunhai 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 cunhai, p. 62).

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