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Amphisbaena cunhai HOOGMOED & AVILA, 1991

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega 
SynonymAmphisbaena cunhai HOOGMOED & AVILA-PIRES 1991
Amphisbaena cunhai — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 191
Amphisbaena cunhai — GANS 2005: 113 
DistributionBrazil (Amazonas, Rondônia)

Type locality: Brazil, Rondônia, Cachoeira Samuel, Rio Jamari, E. Porto Velho.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MPEG 15436 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A small species of amphisbaenid (Figure 1) with a short tail. Number of body annuli 226-239, caudal annuli 25-26+ 1, scales around midbody 28-34, 14-16 dorsaIs, 14-18 ventrals; three supralabials, three infralabials, one row of postgenials, one row of postmalars, ocular small, preanal pores four, large, occupying a large part of the scales in which they are situated; no distinct autotomy constriction in tail. Head above and below pinkish, dorsum brown, belly anteriorly pink, graduaIly changing to creamish, underside of tail grey with or without white spots (Hoogmoed and Ávila-Pires 1991).


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed in honour of Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha (1928-2011), Brazilian herpetologist. 
References
  • 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
  • Hoogmoed M.S.; de Avila-Pires T C S 1991. A new species of small Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. BOLETIM DO MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI SERIE ZOOLOGIA 7 (1): 77-94
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P.E. 2002. AN AID TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF AMPHISBAENA (SQUAMATA, AMPHISBAENIDAE). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(15):351-362 - get paper here
 
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