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Amphisbaena bolivica MERTENS, 1929

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAmphisbaena camura bolivica MERTENS 1929
Amphisbaena bolivica — MONTERO 1996
Amphisbaena bolivica — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 2000
Amphisbaena bolivica — GANS 2005: 12
Amphisbaena bolivica — CACCIALI et al. 2016 
DistributionArgentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán),

camura: Paraguay, Bolivia (Amazonas, Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija)

Type locality: Villa Montes, Río Pilcomayo, Bolivia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 22099. Paratype: SMF 28105, anterior half of specimen only. 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: Definición y descripción dada por Gans (1965) excepto: más de 206 Anillos del cuerpo; si son menos entonces la suma de anillos del cuerpo y de la cola en mayor de 223; anillos caudales de 18 a 26; siempre menos de 72 escamas alrededor en un anillo del medio del cuerpo (de 54 a 71 escamas, 27-36 dorsales, 2636 ventrales); cabeza totalmente blanca, obscura o con banda blanca (Montero 1996). 
CommentSynonymy: PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS (1970) listed this taxon as synonym of A. camura.

Distribution: no verifiable record from Brazil fide Costa & Bernils 2015. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here
  • Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here
  • Costa HC, Welton LJ, Hallermann J 2018. An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2(2): 125-135 - get paper here
  • Costa, Henrique Caldeira & Renato Silveira Bérnils 2015. Répteis brasileiros: lista de espécies 2015. Herpetologia Brasileira 4 (3): 75-93
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Falcione, Camila and Alejandra Hernando 2010. A new karyotypic formula for the genus Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Phyllomedusa 9 (1): 75-80 - 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
  • Gómez Alés, Rodrigo; Galdeano, Ana Paula; Acosta, Juan Carlos; Blanco, Graciela Mirta 2019. Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): Primer registro para la provincia de San Juan, Argentina. Cuad. herpetol. 33 (1): 39-40 - get paper here
  • Kacoliris F.P.; Berkunsky I. & Williams J. 2006. Herpetofauna of Impenetrable, Argentinean Great Chaco. Phyllomedusa 5 (2): 149-158 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1929. Herpetologische Mitteilungen. XXIII. Über einige Amphibien und Reptilien aus Süd-Bolivien. Zool. Anz. 86: 57-62.
  • Montero R 1996. Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens 1929, nueva combinacion (Squamata: Amphisbaenia). Cuadernos de Herpetologia 9 (2): 75-84 - get paper here
  • Montero, R.; Autino, A. G. 2018. Sistemática y filogenia de los vertebrados, con énfasis en la fauna argentina. Tercera edición. Edición independiente, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, 627 pp. - get paper here
  • Moura, M.R., Costa, H.C., Abegg, A.D., Alaminos, E., Angarita-Sierra, T., Azevedo, W.S., Cabral, H., Carvalho, P., Cechin, S., Citeli, N., Dourado, A.C.M., Duarte, A.F.V., França, F.G.R., Freire, E.M.X., Garcia, P.C.A., Mol, R., Montero, R., Moraes-d 2022. Unwrapping broken tails: Biological and environmental correlates of predation pressure in limbless reptiles. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(2):324–337 - get paper here
  • PELEGRIN, N. & LEYNAUD, G. C. & BUCHER, E. H. 2006. Reptile fauna of the Chancaní Reserve (Arid Chaco, Argentina): species list and conservation status [Short Note]. Herpetozoa 19 (1/2): 85-86 - get paper here
  • Pesci, Giuliano; Sanchez, José Manuel; Muniz Leão, Suelem; Pelegrin, Nicolás 2018. Reptiles y anfibios de una localidad del Chaco Húmedo en Formosa, Argentina. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (1): 47-54 - 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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