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Amphisbaena polygrammica WERNER, 1901

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Werner's Worm Lizard 
SynonymAmphisbaena polygrammica WERNER 1901: 5
Amphisbaena polygrammica — GANS 2005 
DistributionPeru (Chanchamayo)

Type locality: Peru; Junin; Chanchamayo (11°04’S, 75°19’W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MTD = Dresden D1741 (Schüz, 1929: 6); destroyed. 
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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek polys (πολύς), many + Greek grammikos (γραμμικός), linear, geometrical. [“...Färbung weisslich; von den Segmenten der Oberseite die meisten braunviolett, nur die Ränder hell (wie z. B. bei Lepidosternum microcephalum)...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Costa HC, Welton LJ, Hallermann J 2018. An updated diagnosis of the rare Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907, based on additional specimens (Squamata, Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2(2): 125-135 - 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
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P.E. 2002. AN AID TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF AMPHISBAENA (SQUAMATA, AMPHISBAENIDAE). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(15):351-362 - get paper here
  • Werner, FRANZ 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abhandl. Ber. Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresden, 9 (2): 1-14 [1900] - get paper here
 
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