Amphisbaena schmidti

Amphisbaena schmidti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Amphisbaena
Species:	A. schmidti
Binomial name
Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964
Geographic distribution of Amphisbaena schmidti

Amphisbaena schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's worm lizard or the Puerto Rican dusky worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt. ^[3]

Geographic range

A. schmidti is found in Puerto Rico. ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. schmidti are shrubland, forest, and grassland at altitudes of 0–400 m (0–1,312 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

A. schmidti is oviparous. ^[4]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• Biology portal
• Amphibians and Reptiles portal

• Fauna of Puerto Rico
• List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico

References

1. Joglar R, Powell R, Hedges B, Thomas R (2016). "Amphisbaena schmidti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
2. "Amphisbaena ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 20, 2010.
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 schmidti, p. 236).
4. Species Amphisbaena schmidti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Gans C (1964). "Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". Breviora (198): 1–11. (Amphisbaena schmidti, new species, pp. 3–11 + Figures 1–7).
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 19).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN   978-0813010496. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 561).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 168).