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Amphisbaena bahiana VANZOLINI, 1964

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega 
SynonymAmphisbaena bahiana VANZOLINI 1964
Amphisbaena bahiana — GANS 1964: 412
Cercolophia bahiana — GANS 2005: 23
Amphisbaena bahiana — MOTT & VIEITES 2009
Amphisbaena bahiana — RECODER et al. 2018 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: ‘‘Vila Nova, Bahia, Brazil’’.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP (given as DZ 1259 in Gans 2005) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small to medium-sized form of Amphisbaena wirbout major fusions of head shields; rhe head with very !arge prefrontals, short frontals and !arge parierals. The vertically compressed head is of approximarely equal diameter to the trunk and the nuchal region is only faintly constricted. The rostral rip projects but slightly over the lower jaw. The form has 204 to 223 body and 14 to 16 caudal annuli; the last of which surrounds the base of the vertically kee!ed conically segmented caudal tip; there may be an autotomy site corresponding to the extremely faintly narrowed fourth or fifth caudal annulus; 12 to 16 dorsal and 14 to 16 ventral segments to a midbody annulus, and four precloacal pores in a conrinuous series. Only rhe lateral sulci are srrongly indicated. Specimens are brown dorsally, pigmented most densely on the dorsal surface of the tail; lighter ventrally, the lightening produced by depigmentation and dropping out of color by segments. (Gans 1964: 412) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
  • Gans, Carl 1964. The South American species of Amphisbaena with a vertically keeled tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 45 (3/5): 387-416
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
  • 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
  • Ribeiro, Leonardo B.; Samuel C. Gomides, and Henrique C. Costa 2020. A New Worm Lizard Species (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae: Amphisbaena) with Non-autotomic Tail, from Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 54 (1): 9-18 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini,P.E. 1964. Amphisbaena bahiana sp. n., do Brasil (Sauria:Amphisbaenidae). Pilot Registry of Zoology, Ithaca, New York, card no. 8
  • Vechio, Francisco Dal; Mauro TeixeiraJr., Tamí Mott and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2018. Rediscovery of the Poorly Known Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae), with Data on Its Phylogenetic Placement, External Morphology and Natural History. South American Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 238–248 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro, L. B., Gomides, S. C., & Costa, H. C. 2018. A New Species of Amphisbaena from Northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 234–241 - get paper here
 
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