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Amphisbaena myersi HOOGMOED, 1989

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAmphisbaena myersi HOOGMOED 1989
Amphisbaena myersi — CLAESSEN 2006 
DistributionSuriname (district Para)

Type locality: Surinam; Jodensavanne (05°25’N, 54°59’W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 130478. 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A small amphisbaenid with a relatively long tail. Number of body annuli 221 (+1+1/2), tail annuli 27 +1, scales around midbody 16 + 16; three supralabials; three infralabials; supraocular small; preanal pores four, a distinct autotomy constriction ate the eighth caudal annulus. Head above and below creamish; dorsal surface of tail and back brown; ventral parts creamish; at middle of tail an irregular creamish crossband (Hoogmoed 1989). 
CommentDistribution: map in HOOGMOED & AVILA-PIRES 1991.

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Charles William Myers (b. 1936), American zoologist who graduated from the University of Florida (ca. 1960). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Claessen, H. 2006. De Slangen van de Guyana’s. Deel XI. Lacerta 64 (4): 136-146 - get paper here
  • Hoogmoed M S 1989. A new species of Amphisbaena (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from Suriname. - Notes on the herpetofauna of Suriname 11. UITGAVEN NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJKE STUDIEKRING VOOR SURINAME EN DE NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN (No. 123) : 65-73 [also cited as Found. Sc. Res. Sur. Neth. Ant.) [1988]
  • 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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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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