Loveridgea
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Loveridgea is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards, even though they are not lizards. Two species are placed in this genus.{{NRDB genus|genus=Loveridgea|date=29 July|year=2018}}
Etymology
The generic name, Loveridgea, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.Vanzolini PE (1951). "A Systematic Arrangement of the Family Amphisbaenidae (Sauria)". Herpetologica 7 (3): 133-123. (Loveridgea, new genus).
Species
- Loveridgea ionidesii (Battersby, 1950) – Liwale round-snouted worm lizard
- Loveridgea phylofiniens (Tornier, 1899) – Udjiji worm lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loveridgea.
References
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Further reading
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- Battersby JC (1950). "A new amphisbaenid lizard from Tanganyika territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 3: 413-417. (Amphisbaena ionidesii, new species).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1-130.
- Tornier G (1899). "Drei Reptilien aus Afrika ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 22 (588): 258-261. (Amphisbaena phylofiniens, new species, pp. 260–261). (in German).
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Category:Taxa named by Paulo Vanzolini
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