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Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Amphisbaenidae
genus
Amphisbaena
species
Amphisbaena alba

Name

Synonyms
Amphisbaena alba var. dissectas Cope, 1885
Amphisbaena alba var. radiatas Cope, 1885
Amphisbaena beniensis Cope, 1885
Amphisbaena flavescens Wied, 1825
Amphisbaena rosea Shaw & Nodder, 1791
Homonyms
Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Red Worm Lizard in English
Witte wormhagedis in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Andersson, L.G. (1899) Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm.: Bihang till Konglika Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens. Handlingar, Stockholm. 24: 1-34
  2. Andrade, Denis V.; Nascimento, Luciana B.; Abe, Augusto S. (2006) Habits hidden underground: a review on the reproduction of the Amphisbaenia with notes on four neotropical species.: Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (2): 207-217
  3. Barros Filho, J.D. de (1996) NOTAS SOBRE OS AMPHISBAENIA (REPTILIA, SQUAMATA) DA MICRORREGIÃO DE FEIRA DE SANTANA, ESTADO DA BAHIA, BRASIL.: Sitientibus, Feira de Santana (14): 57-68
  4. Borges-Nojosa, D. M. & Caramaschi, U. (2003) Composição e análise comparativa da diversidade e das afinidades biogeográficas dos lagartos e anfisbenídeos (Squamata) dos brejos nordestinos. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236.: Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  5. Brongersma, L. D. (1932) Abnorme Beschilderung des Kopfes bei Amphisbaenen.: Zool. Anz. 99 (5/6): 132-134
  6. Caldeira Costa, H.; Dias Fernandes, V.; Castro Rodrigues, A. & Neves Feio, R. (2009) Lizards and Amphisbaenians, municipality of Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.: Check List 5 (3): 732–745
  7. Claessen, H. (2006) De Slangen van de Guyana’s. Deel XI.: Lacerta 64 (4): 136-146
  8. Cole, Charles J.; Carol R. Townsend, Robert P. Reynolds, Ross D. MacCulloch, and Amy Lathrop (2013) Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317-578; plates: 580-620
  9. Colli, G.R. & Zamboni, D.S. (1999) Ecology of the Worm-Lizard Amphisbaena alba in the Cerrado of Central Brazil.: Copeia 1999: 733-742
  10. Cope, E.D. (1885) Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America.: Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 167-194 [1884]
  11. Costa Valverde, M.C. & Jesus Ferreira D. de (2005) NEM COBRA, NEM DUAS CABEÇAS: QUEM EU SOU? Uma abordagem sobre os Amphisbaenia.: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 10 pp.
  12. Couto-Ferreira, Danilo; Moacir Santos Tino^co, Magno Lima Travassos de Oliveira, Henrique Colombini Browne-Ribeiro, Cecil Pergentino Fazolato, Ricardo Marques da Silva, Gilvana Santos Barreto & Marce (2011) Restinga lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at the Imbassai´ Preserve on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil.: Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (8): 1990–2000
  13. Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. (1999) The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography.: Graellsia 55: 199-215
  14. Duarte-Rocha C F (1992) Amphisbaena alba (White-bellied worm lizard). Distribution.: Herpetological Review 23 (3): 89
  15. Duellman, W. E. (2005) Cusco Amazo´nico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest.: Comstock Pub Assoc.
  16. Duellman, W.E., & Salas, A.W. (1991) Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Cuzco Amazonico, Peru.: Occas. Papers Mus. of Natur. Hist., Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence (143): 13 pp.
  17. Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. (1839) Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol.5.: Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp.
  18. Esqueda,L.F. & La Marca,E. (1999) New Reptilian species records from the Cordillera de Mérida, Andes of Venezuela.: Herpetological Review 30 (4): 238-240
  19. Falcione, Camila and Alejandra Hernando (2010) A new karyotypic formula for the genus Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae).: Phyllomedusa 9 (1): 75-80
  20. Freitas, M.A.; D. Veríssimo; V. Uhlig. (2012) Squamate Reptiles of the central Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil.: Check List 8(1):16-22
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