Amphisbaena carvalhoi

Amphisbaena carvalhoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Amphisbaena
Species:	A. carvalhoi
Binomial name
Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965

Amphisbaena carvalhoi, also known as Carvalho's worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho, who collected the type specimen.^[1][2]

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Brazil in the state of Pernambuco.^[3]

References

1. Gans, p. 615.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena carvalhoi, p. 49).
3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Gans C. 1965. On Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt and A. carvalhoi, new species, small forms from the northeast of Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 31 (23): 613-630. (Amphisbaena carvalhoi, pp. 625-630 + Figures 7-12).

See also

• List of reptiles of Brazil