Amphisbaena schmidti GANS, 1964

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Puerto Rican Dusky Wormlizard, Schmidt's Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena schmidti GANS 1964: 3 Amphisbaena schmidti — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 561 Amphisbaena schmidti — GANS 2005: 19
Distribution	Puerto Rico Type locality: Orilla (cuneta) Carretera Cano (P.R. road 113), Municipio de Isabela, Puerto Rico (= about 6 km SE Isabela; corrected by Thomas, 1966c).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 73115; paratype: ZMUC
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (885 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Illustrations: Gans, 1964.
Etymology	Named after Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890-1957), American herpetologist (see Davis 1957 and RESETAR & VORIS 1997 for biographical notes).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Davis, D.D. 1959. Karl Patterson Schmidt, 1890-1957. Copeia 1959 (3): 189-192 - get paper here Gans, C. 1964. Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaena: Reptilia). Breviora (198):1-11 - 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 Rosenberg, Herbert I. 1967. Hemipenial morphology of some Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Copeia 1967 (2): 349-361 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
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