Amphisbaena (lizard)

Amphisbaena is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as the worm lizards. Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.

Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
Anops, Aporarchus, Aulura, Bronia, Cadea, Cephalopeltis, Cercolophia, Cynisca, Diphalus, Lepidosternon, Ophioproctus, Rhinoblanus, Sarea[1][2]

Amphisbaena mertensii

Species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

• Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
• Amphisbaena acangaoba Ribeiro, Gomides, & Costa, 2020
• Amphisbaena acrobeles (S. Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira, 2009)
• Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 – red worm lizard, white worm lizard, white-bellied worm lizard
• Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger, 1885
• Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997
• Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861 – South American worm lizard
• Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914) – Barbour's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003
• Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991
• Amphisbaena arenicola Perez, R. & Borges-Martins, M. 2019
• Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964
• Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 – Baker's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962 – Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991)
• Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972)
• Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929
• Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897
• Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) – Brazilian worm lizard
• Amphisbaena brevis Strüssmann & Mott, 2009
• Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 – Puerto Rican worm lizard, blind worm lizard
• Amphisbaena caetitensis Almeida, Freitas, Silva, Costa-Valverde, Rodrigues, Pires & Mott, 2018
• Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Neto & Rodrigues, 2014
• Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 – crooked worm lizard
• Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges, 1998 – Cuban pink amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena carli Pinna et al., 2010
• Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 – Carvalho worm lizard
• Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928 – Cayemite long-tailed amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges, 2006 – Cayemite short-tailed amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena cegei Montero, Sáfadez & Álvarez, 1997
• Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997
• Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & W. Peters, 1879 – Cuban worm lizard
• Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001)
• Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991
• Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Darwin's ringed worm lizard
• Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924 – uncertain worm lizard
• Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) – Cope's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena filiformis S. Ribeiro, Gomes, Rodrigues, H. da Silva, Cintra & N. da Silva, 2016
• Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991
• Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 – black and white worm lizard, speckled worm lizard, spotted worm lizard
• Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962 – Gonâve worm lizard
• Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881 – slender worm lizard
• Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991
• Amphisbaena heathi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Heath's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez, 2002
• Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 – Hoge's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira, Vaz-Silva, Santos, Graboski, Teixeira, Dal Vechio & S. Ribeiro, 2018
• Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965 – Barahona amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade & Lima, 2003
• Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991
• Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862 – innocent worm lizard
• Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833) – King's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena kiriri L. Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa, 2018
• Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971)
• Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges, 2006 – Pestel amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 – Urucum worm lizard
• Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878 – white-headed worm lizard
• Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila, 2014
• Amphisbaena longinqua Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, de Sena, & Rodrigues, 2019
• Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996
• Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 – Mann's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel, 2012
• Amphisbaena mebengokre S. Ribeiro, Sá, Santos, Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, Andrade & Vaz-Silva, 2019
• Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977
• Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 – Mertens's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira, Dal Vechio & Clemente, 2015
• Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971
• Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 – Mitchell's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena mongoyo Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, de Sena, & Rodrigues, 2019
• Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1960 – Munoa worm lizard
• Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988
• Amphisbaena nana Perez, R. & Borges-Martins, M. 2019
• Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936 – neglected worm lizard
• Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 – black-headed worm lizard
• Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876 – western worm lizard
• Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921 – Perico worm lizard
• Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2014
• Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 – lead worm lizard
• Amphisbaena polygrammica F. Werner, 1900 – Werner's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Rio Grande worm lizard
• Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) – plum-colored worm lizard
• Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 – Ridley's worm lizard, Noronha worm lizard
• Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964
• Amphisbaena rozei Lancini, 1963 – Roze's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994
• Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003)
• Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 – Schmidt's worm lizard, Tiburon stout anole, Puerto Rican dusky amphisbaena
• Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 – Silvestri's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 – Slater's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena slevini K. Schmidt, 1938 – Slevin's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena spurrelli Boulenger, 1915 – Spurrell's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881
• Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922 – Stejneger's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & dos Santos, 2009
• Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995
• Amphisbaena tiaraju Perez, R. & Borges-Martins, M. 2019
• Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911
• Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971
• Amphisbaena uroxena Mott et al., 2008
• Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 – Vanzolini's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824 – Wagler's worm lizard
• Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 – dry worm lizard, Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard,[2] North American worm lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena.

Etymology

The specific names, carlgansi, carli, and cegei, are all in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians.[3][2]

See also

• List of reptiles of Brazil
• Sineoamphisbaena

References

1. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Amphisbæna, p. 435).
2. "Amphisbaena ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 cegei, p. 50; A. carlgansi, p. 97).

Further reading

• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.
• Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Amphisbæna, new genus, p. 229).