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Amphisbaena roberti

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| genus = Amphisbaena

| species = roberti

| authority = Gans, 1964

| synonyms = *Amphisbaena roberti
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  • Cercolophia roberti
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  • Amphisbaena roberti
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Amphisbaena roberti is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, roberti, is in honor of German herpetologist Robert Mertens.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}}. (Cercolophia roberti, p. 223).

Geographic range

A. roberti is found in Brazil (Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo) and Paraguay.{{NRDB species|genus=Amphisbaena|species=roberti|accessdate=24 February 2019}}

Reproduction

A. roberti is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Gans C (1964). "The South American species of Amphisbaena with a vertically keeled tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae)". Senckenbergiana biologica 45 (3/5): 387–416. (Amphisbaena roberti, new species).
  • Mott T, Vieites DR (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2): 190–200.
  • Vanzolini PE (1992). "Cercolophia, a new genus for the species of Amphisbaenia with a terminal vertical keel on the tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 37 (27): 401–412. (Cercolophia roberti, new combination).

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Category:Amphisbaenians of Brazil

Category:Reptiles of Paraguay

Category:Reptiles described in 1964

Category:Taxa named by Carl Gans

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