Loveridgea ionidesii (BATTERSBY, 1950)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Liwale round-snouted worm lizard
Synonym	Amphisaena ionidesii BATTERSBY 1950 Amphisaena ionidesii — LOVERIDGE 1955: 178 Loveridgea ionidesii — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19 Loveridgea ionidesii — GANS 2005: 34 Loveridgea ionidesii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 319
Distribution	S Tanzania (Liwale, Msuega, Kilwa, Songea, Tunduru). Type locality: Liwale, Southern Province, Tanzania.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1948.1.7.84. Paratypes: (185 total) BMNH 1948.1.7.85–1948.1.7.93, 1949.1.6.1–1949.1.6.99, 1949.1.7.1–1949.1.7.52; IRScNB 2368; MCZ 50040–50065.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Species of Loveridgea with eye apparent externally through a discrete ocular; frontals fused medially to form a V-shaped azygous shield; slightly less than three supralabials and three infralabials; first postsupralabial fused with postocular, second enormous and in medial contact with parietal, and third narrow; first postinfralabial narrow, in medial contact with enormous malar; two rows of postgenials, two to three segments in the first row, four irregularly (3-5) in the second; eight (7-10) postmalars; no occipitals; body annuli 232-257; caudal annuli 20-26; four round precloacal pores; autotomy site at the 8th to 11th caudal annulus (10-20% autotomized and healed); 12-16 dorsal and 14-18 ventral segments to a midbody annulus; medium size (79-184 mm body length). (Gans & Kraklau 1989)
Comment
Etymology	Named after Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901-1968), British hunter and herpetologist of Greek origin. See Beolens et al. 2011 for many interesting tidbits of this interesting personality.
References	Battersby,J.C. 1950. A new amphisbaenid lizard from Tanganika territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 3: 413-417 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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; Kraklau D M 1989. Studies on amphisbaenians (Reptilia) 8. Two genera of small species from east Africa (Geocalamus and Loveridgea). American Museum Novitates (2944) : 1-28 - 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 Loveridge, A. 1955. On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. lonides,. Journ. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. 22: 169-198 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 Williams E E 1982. Arthur Loveridge—A Life in Retrospect. Breviora (471): 1-12 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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