Leposternon kisteumacheri

Leposternon kisteumacheri
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Leposternon
Species:	L. kisteumacheri
Binomial name
	Leposternon kisteumacheri; Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000
Synonyms
	Amphisbaena kisteumacheri; (Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000);

Last updated February 20, 2025

Leposternon kisteumacheri is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.^[1]^[2]

Common names

Common names for L. kisteumacheri, in Brazilian Portuguese, include cobra-de-duas-cabeças^[1]^[2] (meaning "two-headed snake") and cobra-cega^[2] (meaning "blind snake").

Etymology

The specific name, kisteumacheri, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Geraldo Kisteumacher.^[3]

Description

Dorsally, L. kisteumacheri is bright yellow. Ventrally, it is grayish white. It has five series of large head shields. It lacks supraoculars, preoculars, and infraoculars. It has two precloacal pores.^[2]

Geographic range

L. kisteumacheri is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia ^[1] and Minas Gerais.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. kisteumacheri is forest with sandy soil.^[1]

Reproduction

L. kisteumacheri is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; D'Ávila, R.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Leposternon kisteumacheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T75160487A154323982. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160487A154323982.en . Retrieved 25 December 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Leposternon kisteumacheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposternon kisteumacheri, p. 142).

Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Leposternon kisteumacheri, p. 32).
Mott T, Vieites DR (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution51 (2): 190–200. (Amphisbaena kisteumacheri, new combination).
Porto M, Soares MA, Caramaschi U (2000). "A new species of Leposternon Wagler, 1824 from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus (Amphisbaenia, Amphibaenidae)". Boletim do Museo Nacional, Nova Séria, Zoologia (Rio de Janeiro) (412): 1–10. (Leposternon kisteumacheri, new species).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; D'Ávila, R.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Leposternon kisteumacheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T75160487A154323982. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160487A154323982.en . Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Leposternon kisteumacheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposternon kisteumacheri, p. 142).

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