Amphisbaena albocingulata

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cacciali, P. |author2=Scott, N. |date=2016 |title=Amphisbaena albocingulata |volume=2016 |page=e.T63482555A63487561 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63482555A63487561.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Amphisbaena

| species = albocingulata

| authority = Boettger, 1885

| subdivision =

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Amphisbaena albocingulata is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Paraguay.{{NRDB species|genus=Amphisbaena|species=albocingulata|accessdate=24 February 2019}} It is light brown in coloration, distinguishable from other lizards in the genus by a rounded snout and visible caudal autotomy.{{cite journal |last1=Perez |first1=Renata |last2=Ribeiro |first2=Síria |last3=Borges-Martins |first3=Márcio |title=Reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885) and Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger 1885 (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=15 November 2012 |volume=3550 |issue=1 |pages=1–25–1–25 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3550.1.1 |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3550.1.1 |access-date=9 December 2022 |language=en |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}

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