Amphisbaena cuiabana (STRÜSSMAN & CARVALHO, 2001)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças-de-Cuiabá
Synonym	Cercolophia cuiabana STRÜSSMAN & CARVALHO 2001 Cercolophia cuiabana — GANS 2005: 26 Amphisbaena cuiabana — MOTT & VIEITES 2009
Distribution	W Brazil (Mato Grosso) Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Cuiaba´ (15°36’S, 56°06’W).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZUEC 2083. Paratypes: ZUEC 2084–2091.
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Comment	Morphology: This species is one of ~20 species of Amphisbaena with two precloacal pores (Ribeiro et al. 2019).
Etymology	Named after the (female) people born in Cuiaba, the capital of Mato Grosso State.
References	Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - 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 RIBEIRO, SÍRIA; JERRIANE O. GOMES, HELDER LÚCIO RODRIGUES DA SILVA, CARLOS EDUARDO D. CINTRA, NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR. 2016. A new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, with a key to the two-pored species of Amphisbaena. Zootaxa 4147 (2): 124–142 - get paper here RIBEIRO, SÍRIA; VÂNIA SÁ, ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR, ROBERTA GRABOSKI, HUSSAM ZAHER, ANDREI G. GUEDES, SHEILA P. ANDRADE, WILIAN VAZ-SILVA 2019. A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species. Zootaxa 4550 (3): 301–320 - get paper here Silva, P.C.; Mott T, Kawashita-Ribeiro R 2016. Reptilia, Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssmann and Carvalho, 2001): Range extension in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 6(4): 644-645 - get paper here Strussmann C and Carvalho MA 2001. Two new species of Cercolophia Vanzolini 1992 from the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 18: 487-505 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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