Amphisbaena rozei LANCINI, 1963

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Roze's Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena rozei LANCINI 1963 Amphisbaena rozei— HOOGMOED & AVILA-PIRES 1991 Amphisbaena rozei — GANS 2005: 19 Amphisbaena rozei — COSTA et al. 2018
Distribution	Venezuela (Bolivar) Type locality: Venezuela; Bolivar, headwaters of Cafio Majagua (enters the Rio Chipura at 05°30’N, 64°40’W).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCNC 178. Paratype: MCNC 13.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (264 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: map in HOOGMOED & AVILA-PIRES 1991. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Costa, Henrique C.;Josefa Celsa Señaris; Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic; Hussam Zaher and Paulo C.A. Garcia 2018. Redescription of the rare South American worm lizard Amphisbaena rozei (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (1): 21–30 - 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 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 Hoogmoed, Marinus S.; Roberta R. Pinto, Wáldima Alves da Rocha, and Emiliane G. Pereira 2009. A NEW SPECIES OF MESOBAENA MERTENS, 1925 (SQUAMATA: AMPHISBAENIDAE) FROM BRAZILIAN GUIANA, WITH A KEY TO THE AMPHISBAENIDAE OF THE GUIANAN REGION. Herpetologica 65 (4): 436 - get paper here Lancini V., ABDEM RAMON 1963. Una nueva especie del genero Amphisbaena (Sauria: Amphisbaenidae) de Venezuela. PubI. Ocas. Mus. Cien. Nat. Caracas, Zool., no. 6, (3) Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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