Amphisbaena mongoyo TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES, 2019
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Amphisbaena mongoyo
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphisbaena mongoyo TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES 2019 Amphisbaena mongoyo — RIBEIRO et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Fazenda Esperança, Vitória da Conquista municipality, (14°47′26.94′′S, 40°43′14.94′′W, 917 m a.s.l., WGS84), Bahia state, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype. MZUSP 106167, collected by M. Teixeira Jr., R.S. Recoder, C. Garcia, M.F. Santos, and N.B. Matos, on 22 October 2011. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) A small species (holotype SVL = 141 mm), (2) four precloacal pores arranged in a continuous series; (3) snout rounded in profile and dorsal view; (4) body annuli 208; (5) caudal annuli 25; (6) autotomy site at the 10th caudal annuli; (7) 14 dorsal and 16 ventral segments per annulus at midbody; (8) three supralabials; (9) three infralabials, second the largest; (10) two rows of postgenials; (11) postmalar row absent; (12) head without major scale fusions; (13) lateral sulcus present; (14) dorsal and ventral sulci absent. Additional details (3645 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Known only from the holotype. Habitat: the holotype was found buried in sandy soil covered with leaf litter, herbs, and fallen branches at the edge of a deciduous forest, close to an unpaved road (Fig. 16), at the eastern border of Conquista plateau, 917 m a.s.l. (Fig. 9 in Texeira-Junior et al. 2019). |
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