Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
Appearance
Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | Amphisbaena |
Species: | A. barbouri
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Binomial name | |
Amphisbaena barbouri | |
Synonyms[2] | |
The Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena (Amphisbaena barbouri), also known commonly as the Cuban many-ringed worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of A. barbouri is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Fong, A. (2017). "Amphisbaena barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T74854656A75171281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74854656A75171281.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Amphisbaena barbouri 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 barbouri, p. 16).
Further reading
[edit]- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena barbouri, p. 11).
- Gans C, Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 128 (3): 65-158 + Plates 1–12. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, new subspecies, pp. 100–101).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, p. 167).
- Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 32 (1): 92–96. (Amphisbaena barbouri, new status).