Amphisbaena kraoh (VANZOLINI, 1971)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega
Synonym	Bronia kraoh VANZOLINI 1971 Bronia kraoh — CASTRO-MELLO 2003 Amphisbaena kraoh — MOTT & VIEITES 2009
Distribution	Brazil Type locality: Brazil; Pedro Afonso, Godia´s.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 2520.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Nasals meeting on the midline; 4 supralabials; 281 body annuli; 13 subequal tail annuli; median pair of preanal segments very large, extending forward and dividing the pore-bearing row in two separate halves, each one with 3 pores (Vanzolini 1971).
Comment
References	Castro-Mello, C. 2003. Nova espécie de Bronia GRAY 1845, do estado do Tocantins, Brasil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 43 (7): 139-143 - get paper here Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Mott, Tamí; David R. Vieites 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2): 190-200 - get paper here Strussmann, Christine & Tami Mott 2009. Sympatric amphisbaenids from Manso Dam region, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil, with the description of a new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 44 (1): 37 – 46 - get paper here Vanzolini,P.E. 1971. New Amphisbaenidae from Brasil. Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo. Vol.24 (14): 191-195 - get paper here Vitt, L. J.; Caldwell, J. P.; Colli, G. R.; Garda, A. A.; Mesquita, D. O.; França, F. G. R. e Balbino, S. F. 2002. Um guia fotográfico dos répteis e anfíbios da região do Jalapão no Cerrado brasileiro. Norman, Oklahoma: Special Publications in Herpetology. San Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.unb.br/ib/zoo/grcolli/publicacoes_pdf/Vittetal2002.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EeCjA2mHHVU/TsK4P6CAQrI/AAAAAAAAUqg/8XNbj75znkI… Google images

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