Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena

Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
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. barbouri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962
Synonyms [2]
Amphisbaena cubana barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962 Amphisbaena barbouri — Thomas & Hedges, 1998

The Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena (Amphisbaena barbouri), also known commonly as the Cuban many-ringed worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. barbouri is forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Amphisbaena barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T74854656A75171281. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74854656A75171281.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Amphisbaena barbouri 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 barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading

• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena barbouri, p. 11).
• Gans C, Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College128 (3): 65-158 + Plates 1–12. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, new subspecies, pp. 100–101).
• 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 cubana barbouri, p. 167).
• Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". Journal of Herpetology32 (1): 92–96. (Amphisbaena barbouri, new status).