Vanzolini's worm lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. vanzolinii
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| Amphisbaena vanzolinii | |
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Vanzolini's worm lizard (Amphisbaena vanzolinii) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to northern South America.
Etymology
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Geographic range
A. vanzolinii is found in northern Brazil, Guyana (formerly British Guiana), and Suriname.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. vanzolinii is forest.[1]
Reproduction
A. vanzolinii is oviparous.[2]
See also
References
- ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66080041A66080061. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T66080041A66080061.en. Downloaded on 28 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Amphisbaena vanzolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena vanzolinii, p. 273.)
Further reading
- Gans C (1963). "Notes on Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 8. A Redescription of Amphisbaena stejnegeri and the Description of a New Species of Amphisbaena from British Guiana". American Museum Novitates (2128): 1-18. ("Amphisbaena vanzolinii, new species", pp. 13–17, Figures 10-14).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena vanzolinii, p. 20).
- Hoogmoed MS, Mott T (2003). "On the identity of Amphisbaena hugoi Vanzolini, 1990 (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 77: 455–458.
- Vanzolini PE (1989). "A new species of Amphisbaena from the State of Amazonas, Brasil (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 84 (Supplement 4): 525–528. (Amphisbaena hugoi, new species).
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