Amphisbaena steindachneri is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. steindachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881
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Etymology edit
The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[3]
Geographic range edit
A. steindachneri is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of A. steindachneri is savanna.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Gonzales L, Perez P, Montero R, Nogueira C (2019). "Amphisbaena steindachneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50956365A50956368. https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2019- 2.RLTS.T50956365A50956368.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Amphisbaena steindachneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Boelens, 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. (Cercolophia steindachneri, p. 252).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Amphisbæna steindachneri, pp. 444–445).
- Dirksen L, De la Riva IJ (2000). "The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography". Graellsia 55: 199–215. (Cercolophia steindachneri).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cercolophia steindachneri, p. 26).
- Mott T, Vieites DR (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2): 190–200. (Amphisbaena steindachneri).
- Strauch A (1881). "Bemerkungen über die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden ". Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 355–479. (Amphisbaena steindachneri, new species, p. 407). (in German).
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