Loveridgea is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards, even though they are not lizards. Two species are placed in this genus.[1]

Loveridgea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Loveridgea
Vanzolini, 1951
Species

Two, see text.

Etymology

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The generic name, Loveridgea, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[2]

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ Loveridgea at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ Vanzolini PE (1951). "A Systematic Arrangement of the Family Amphisbaenidae (Sauria)". Herpetologica 7 (3): 133-123. (Loveridgea, new genus).

Further reading

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  • Battersby JC (1950). "A new amphisbaenid lizard from Tanganyika territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 3: 413-417. (Amphisbaena ionidesii, new species).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1-130.
  • Tornier G (1899). "Drei Reptilien aus Afrika ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 22 (588): 258-261. (Amphisbaena phylofiniens, new species, pp. 260–261). (in German).