| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Virgin Islands Wormlizard, Cope's Worm Lizard |
| Synonym | Diphalus fenestratus COPE 1861:76
Amphisbaena antillensis REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862: 224
Amphisbaena fenestrata — THOMAS 1966: 16
Amphisbaena fenestrata — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 558
Amphisbaena fenestrata — GANS 2005: 13 |
| Distribution | Virgin Islands, Tortola, St John, Dorothea, St. Thomas (Gans 2005)
Type locality: "St. Thomas and Santa Cruz"; restricted by Gans and Alexander, 1962, to St. Thomas, US. Virgin Islands.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 11715.
Holotype: ZMUC R-4409; Paralectotype: ZMB 4346 [antillensis] |
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| Comment | Illustrations: Gans and Alexander, 1962; Philibosian and Yntema, 1977; MacLean, 1982. |
| Etymology | Apparently named after Latin fenestra = window, fenestrata = windowed, after the eye that’s visible beneath the ocular shield, like through a window. |
| References |
- Cope, E.D. 1861. Some remarks defining the following species of Reptilia Squamata. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861: 75-76 - get paper here
- Falcione, Camila and Alejandra Hernando 2010. A new karyotypic formula for the genus Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Phyllomedusa 9 (1): 75-80 - 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
- Gans, Carl & Alexander, A. Allen 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 128 (3): 65-158 - get paper here
- Gans, Carl; Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1997. An annotated type catalogue of the amphisbaenians (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenia) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 73 (1): 41-50 - get paper here
- Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522.
- MacLean, W.P. 1982. Reptiles and amphibians of the Virgin Islands. MacMillan Caribbean, London: vii + 54 pp.
- Mayer, G.C. & Lazell, J. 1988. Distributional records for reptiles and amphibians from the Puerto Rico Bank. Herpetological Review 19 91): 23-24 - get paper here
- Philibosian, R. and Yntema, J.A. 1977. Annotated checklist of the birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians of the Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico. Information Services, Frederiksted, St. Croix, 48 pp.
- Philibosian, R.; Yntema, J. A. 1978. Records and status of some reptiles and amphibians in the Virgin Islands. II. 1975-1976. Herpetologica 34 (1): 47-51 - get paper here
- Reinhardt, JOHANNES & CHRISTIAN FREDERIK LÜTKEN 1862. Bidrag tii det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen tii de dansk-vestindiske Oers Herpetologie. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. For. Kjöbenhavn (10-18): 153-291 [1862] - get paper here
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
- Thomas, R. 1966. Additional notes on the amphisbaenids of Greater Puerto Rico. Breviora (249):1-23. - get paper here
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