Hoge's worm lizard
| Hoge's worm lizard | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertoidea |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. hogei |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hoge's worm lizard (Amphisbaena hogei) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, hogei, is in honor of Belgian-Brazilian herpetologist Alphonse Richard Hoge.[3]
Geographic range
A. hogei is found in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. hogei is forest.[1]
Description
A small species, A. hogei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13.4 cm (5.3 in).[1] It has 177–191 body annuli and 15–19 tail annuli.[2] It is brown dorsally, and it is paler ventrally.[2]
Behavior
A. hogei is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c d e Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena hogei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160381A75160389.pt. Accessed on 20 March 2024. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d e f Amphisbaena hogei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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. (Amphisbaena hogei, p. 125).
Further reading
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena hogei, new status, p. 150.
- Vanzolini PE (1950). "Contribuições ao conhecimento dos lagartos brasileiros da familia Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825. I. Sôbre uma nova subespécie insular da Amphisbaena darwinii D. & B., 1839 ". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 9: 69–78. (Amphisbaena darwinii hogei, new subspecies). (in Portuguese).
- Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaenia (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Pap. Avuls. Zool., Mus. Zool. Univ. São Paulo 42 (15): 351–362. (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
- Zaher H, Barbo FE, Sanchez Martinez P, Nogueira C, Rodrigues MT, Sawaya RJ (2011). "Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas [= Reptiles from São Paulo State: current knowledge and perspectives]". Biota Neotropica 11 (1): 1–15. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).