Amphisbaena saxosa (CASTRO-MELLO, 2003)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega
Synonym	Bronia saxosa CASTRO-MELLO 2003 Amphisbaena saxosa — MOTT & VIEITES 2009
Distribution	Brazil (Tocantins) Type locality: “Brasil: Tocantins: UHE Luis Eduardo Magalhães (09°45’S, 48°21’W)”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 91546, coletado em 17.IX.2001 por R.C.A. Ghilardi et al., número de campo MTR 6640.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (original): Nasais independentes separadas pela rostral; supralabiais 4; 253-272 anéis corporais; 17-21 anéis caudais, 18-24:16-21 segmentos em um anel no meio do corpo, aba anal com 4 escamas alongadas dividindo a fileira de poros em duas áreas distintas, cada uma com dois poros.
Comment
Etymology	“o nome específico, um aposto, refere-se à localidade tipo, Lajeado.”
References	Almeida JPFA De, De Freitas MA, Da Silva MB, Valverde MCC, Rodrigues MT, Pires AM, Mott T. 2018. A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4514 (4): 553-562. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8. - get paper here Castro-Mello, C. 2003. Nova espécie de Bronia GRAY 1845, do estado do Tocantins, Brasil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 43 (7): 139-143 - get paper here 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 Strussmann, Christine & Tami Mott 2009. Sympatric amphisbaenids from Manso Dam region, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil, with the description of a new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 44 (1): 37 – 46 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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