Amphisbaena xera

Amphisbaena xera
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Amphisbaena
Species:	A. xera
Binomial name
Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966

Amphisbaena xera, known commonly as the dry worm lizard, Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard, or the North American worm lizard, is a worm lizard species. ^{[2] [3]} It is endemic to Puerto Rico. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, xera, which is from Greek via Late Latin, means "dry". ^[4]

Geographic range

It is found in Puerto Rico, ^[1] both on the main island and also on the offshore Isla de Caja de Muertos. ^[2]

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.; Thomas, R. (2017). "Amphisbaena xera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T74857818A75171336. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74857818A75171336.en . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
2. Amphisbaena xera at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2021.
3. "Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. Mish, F.C., Editor in Chief. 2004. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam Webster, Incorporated. 39a + 1622 pp. ISBN   0-87779-809-5. ("xer- or xero- comb form, p. 1449.)

Further reading

• Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 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 xera, p. 69.)
• Thomas, R. 1966. Additional Notes on the Amphisbaenids of Greater Puerto Rico. Breviora (249): 1-23. ("Amphisbaena xera new species",
  pp. 7–13, Figure 3.)