Leposternon kisteumacheri

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Leposternon kisteumacheri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Leposternon
Species:
L. kisteumacheri
Binomial name
Leposternon kisteumacheri
Synonyms [2]
  • Amphisbaena kisteumacheri
    (Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000)

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

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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. 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.
  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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