Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species (96):
A. absaberi –
A. acrobeles –
A. alba –
A. albocingulata –
A. anaemariae –
A. angustifrons –
A. anomala –
A. arda –
A. arenaria –
A. bahiana –
A. bakeri –
A. barbouri –
A. bedai –
A. bilabialata –
A. bolivica –
A. borelli –
A. brasiliana –
A. brevis –
A. caeca –
A. caetitensis –
A. caiari –
A. camura –
A. carlgansi –
A. carli –
A. carvalhoi –
A. caudalis –
A. cayemite –
A. cegei –
A. crisae –
A. cubana –
A. cuiabana –
A. cunhai –
A. darwinii –
A. dubia –
A. fenestrata –
A. filiformis –
A. frontalis –
A. fuliginosa –
A. gonavensis –
A. gracilis –
A. hastata –
A. heathi –
A. hiata –
A. hogei –
A. hoogmoedi –
A. hyporissor –
A. ibijara –
A. ignatiana –
A. innocens –
A. kingii –
A. kiriri –
A. kraoh –
A. leali –
A. leeseri –
A. leucocephala –
A. littoralis –
A. lumbricalis –
A. manni –
A. maranhensis –
A. mebengokre –
A. medemi –
A. mertensii –
A. metallurga –
A. miringoera –
A. mitchelli –
A. munoai –
A. myersi –
A. neglecta –
A. nigricauda –
A. occidentalis –
A. pericensis –
A. persephone –
A. plumbea –
A. polygrammica –
A. pretrei –
A. prunicolor –
A. ridleyi –
A. roberti –
A. rozei –
A. sanctaeritae –
A. saxosa –
A. schmidti –
A. silvestrii –
A. slateri –
A. slevini –
A. spurelli –
A. steindachneri –
A. stejnegeri –
A. supernumeraria –
A. talisiae –
A. townsendi –
A. tragorrhectes –
A. uroxena –
A. vanzolinii –
A. vermicularis –
A. xera
Name
Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758: 229
- Type species: Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758.
- Gender: feminine.
Synonyms
- Leposternon Wagler, 1824
- Cephalopeltis Müller, 1832
- Anops Bell, 1833
- Glyptoderma Fitzinger, 1843
- Typhloblanus Fitzinger, 1843
- Sarea Gray, 1844
- Diphalus Cope, 1861: 75 [synonymized by Strauch (1881: 364)]
- Type species: Diphalus fenestratus Cope, 1861, by monotypy.
- Bronia Gray, 1865
- Sphenocephalus Gray, 1865
- Aporarchus Cope, 1885
- Aulura Barbour, 1914
- Anopsibaena Stejneger, 1916
- Cercolophia Vanzolini, 1992
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- Cope, E.D. 1861. [Remarks on Reptiles (Diphalus; Amphisbaena angustifrons; Loxocemus Cope)]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 75–77. BHL Reference page.
- Strauch, A. 1881. Bemerkungen über die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden. Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg 11: 355–479. BHL
Additional references
- Gremone, C., Cervigón, F., Gorzula, S., Medina, G. y Novoa D. 1986. Fauna de Venezuela. Editorial Biosfera, S.R.L. Caracas - Venezuela. Pp:123-124. ISBN 9-802100-11-0
- La Marca, E. 1997. Lista actualizada de los reptiles de Venezuela. p.123-142. En E. La Marca (ed.) Catálogo zoológico de Venezuela. vol. 1. Vertebrados actuales y fósiles de Venezuela. Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología de Mérida, Venezuela. ISBN 9-802218-77-4
- Vanzolini, P. E. 2002. An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42(15):351-362 PDF
- Gans, Carl. 2005. Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 289: 1-289. hdl: 2246/457
- Mott, T.; Vieites, D.R. 2009: Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 51(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014 Reference page.
- Roberto, I.J., Brito, L.B.M. & Ávila, R.W. 2014. A new six-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the coastal zone of northeast Brazil. Zootaxa 3753(2): 167–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.6 Reference page.
- Ribeiro, S., Gomes, J.O., Silva, H.L.R., Cintra, C.E.D. & Silva Jr., N.J. 2016. A new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, with a key to the two-pored species of Amphisbaena. Zootaxa 4147(2): 124–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.2 . Reference page.
- Almeida, J.P.F.A. de, Dal Vechio, F., Teixeira, M. Jr., Rodrigues, M.T. & Mott, T. 2016. Morphological similarities between Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 and A. miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): phylogenetic relatedness or morphological convergence? Zootaxa 4168(3): 573–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.9 . Reference page.
- Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2016. Diagnostic clarification, new morphological data and phylogenetic placement of Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 4205(3): 293–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.9 . Reference page.
- Ribeiro, L.B., Gomides, S.C. & Costa, H.C. 2018. A New Species of Amphisbaena from Northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Herpetology 52(2): 234–241. DOI: 10.1670/17-028 Reference page.
- Costa, H.C., Welton, L.J. & Hallermann, J. 2018. An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2(2): 125–135. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.28059
- Almeida, J.P.F.A. de, Freitas, M.A. de, Silva, M.B. da, Valverde, M.C.C., Rodrigues, M.T., Pires, A.M. & Mott, T. 2018. A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4514(4): 553–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8 . Reference page.
- Oliveira, E.C.S., Vaz-Silva, W., Santos Jr., A.P., Graboski, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F. & Ribeiro, S. 2018. A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 4420(4): 451–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.1 . Reference page.
- Ribeiro, S., Sá, V., Santos Jr., A.P., Graboski, R., Zaher, H., Guedes, A.G., Andrade, S.P. & Vaz-Silva, W. 2019. A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species. Zootaxa 4550(3): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.1 . Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Amphisbaenia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 May 2018.
- IRMNG
- Amphisbaena Report on ITIS
Vernacular names
español: Culebras de dos cabezas
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