Chirindia mpwapwaensis (LOVERIDGE, 1932)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mpwapwa Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena mpwapwaensis LOVERIDGE 1932: 378 Amphisbaena mpwapwaensis — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946 Chirindia mpwapwaensis — GANS 1967 Chirindia mpwapwaensis — GANS & RHODES 1967 Chirindia mpwapwaensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19 Chirindia mpwapwaensis — GANS 2005: 27 Chirindia mpwapwaensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 321
Distribution	Tanzania Type locality: Mpwapwa, Ugogo, Tanzania.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 30767. Paratype: MCZ 30768.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: [differences to orientalis indicated by ]. Of similar appearance to Amphisbaenula orientalis from which it differs in possessing an ocular scale which separates the frontal from the first labial, which is the smallest; second labial largest; three scales bordering the upper lip besides the rostral; the first being a fusion of prefrontals, nostril, and former first labial; followed by two upper labials; a pair of frontals forming a sexagon; a pair of parietals smaller than the frontals; chin-shields 1+3+4; tem- porals 2, the uppermost being in contact with the frontal; 273 body segments; 30 midbody annuli (14 above, 16 below); 26 caudal annuli; 6 preanal pores. In the paratype the outline of frontals and parietals is less regular I than in the type; chin-shields 1+4+4; temporals 3 (the larger upper one of the type being divided horizontally); *269 body segments; 5 preanal pores, very indistinct. (Loveridge 1932: 379)
Comment	Abundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Barbour, Thomas & Loveridge, Arthur 1946. First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 96 (2): 59-214. - get paper here Broadley D G; Gans C 1978. Southern forms of Chirindia (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 47 (3): 29-51 - get paper here Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here Gans, Carl; Rhodes, Charlyn 1967. Chirindia from Tanganyika (Amphibaenia, Reptilia). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39 (1): 1-32 - 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 Loveridge, A. 1932. New reptiles and amphibians from Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 72: 375-387 - get paper here Rosenberg, Herbert I. 1967. Hemipenial morphology of some Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Copeia 1967 (2): 349-361 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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