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Amphisbaena mertensii STRAUCH, 1881

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mertens' Worm Lizard
Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças-de-Mertens, Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças 
SynonymAmphisbaena mertensii STRAUCH 1881
Amphisbaena bohlsii BOULENGER 1894: 344
Amphisbaena mattogrossensis PERACCA 1898
Amphisbaena bohlsi — WERNER 1910: 34
Amphisbaena carruccii MASI 1911
Amphisbaena boulengeri MASI 1911
Amphisbaena albissima AMARAL 1932
Amphisbaena mertensi — CEI 1993
Amphisbaena mertensii — GANS 2005: 17
Amphisbaena mertensii — CACCIALI et al. 2016
Amphisbaenia mertensi — VICENTE-FERREIRA et al. 2024 (in error) 
DistributionSE Brazil (Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina), N Argentina (Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, Misiones), E Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazú, Canindeyú, Central, Distrito Capital, Guairá, Itapuá, Paraguarí, San Pedro)

Type locality: ‘‘Wahrscheinlich an irgend einem Küstenpunkte Süd Amerikas’’; restricted to ‘‘State of São Paulo Brazil” (Gans, 1966a).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP (ZIL) 311. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Gans 1966: 542


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CommentSynonymy: mostly after Gans 1966., 2005.

Type: MSNTO R2089 (Amphisbaena mattogrossensis PERACCA 1898)

Distribution: see map in Assis et al. 2022 (Fig 2). 
EtymologyNamed after Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (1894-1975), German zoologist and herpetologist who was born in St. Petersburg. He left Russia (1912) to study medicine and natural history, obtaining his doctorate from Universitat Leipzig (1915). 
References
  • Aguirre, David; Martín Ortiz, Alejandra Hernando 2017. Testicular cycle of Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) in northeastern Argentina. Herpetology Notes 10: 141-145 - get paper here
  • Alvarez B B 1996. Geographic Distribution. Amphisbaena mertensii. Herpetological Review 27 (1): 31 - get paper here
  • Amaral, A. do 1933. Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. novos generos e especies de largartos do Brasil. Mem. Inst. Butantan 7 [1932]: 51-75 - get paper here
  • Andrade, Denis V.; Nascimento, Luciana B.; Abe, Augusto S. 2006. Habits hidden underground: a review on the reproduction of the Amphisbaenia with notes on four neotropical species. Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (2): 207-217 - get paper here
  • ARAUJO, C.O. & ALMEIDA-SANTOS, S.M. 2011. Herpetofauna de um remanescente de Cerrado no estado de São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 11(3): 47-62 - get paper here
  • ASSIS, CLODOALDO LOPES; LUCAS ROSADO MENDONÇA, RENATO NEVES FEIO & HENRIQUE CALDEIRA COSTA. 2022. Amphisbaena mertensii (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): Notes on natural history, distribution, and morphology. Caldasia 44(3): 653-660 - get paper here
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - 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
  • Bérnils, R.S.; Batista, M.A. & Bertelli, P.W. 2001. Cobras e lagartos do Vale: levantamento das espécies de Squamata (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) da Bacia do Rio Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Rev. Est. Ambientais (Blumenau) 3 (1): 69-79
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1894. List of reptiles and batachians collected by Dr. T. Bohls near Asuncion, Paraguay. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 13: 342-348 - get paper here
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  • Corrêa BAAP, Meneses ASO 2020. Distribution extension and a new state record for Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch, 1881 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) in central Brazil. Check List 16(3): 655-659 - 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
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  • Silveira, A.L.; V.L.C. Brites; R.V. Valinhas. 2012. First record of Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch, 1881 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Check List 8(1):161-163 - get paper here
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  • 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
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  • Vaz-Silva, W. et al. 2007. Herpetofauna, Espora Hydroelectric Power Plant, state of Goiás, Brazil. Check List 3 (4): 338-345 - get paper here
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  • Werner,F. 1910. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. ii. Eidechsen. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., vol. 27 (1909), suppl. no. 2, 1910, pp. 1-46; reprinted: 1910, Mitteil. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 27: 205-) - get paper here
  • Zaher, Hussam; Fausto Erritto BarboI; Paola Sanchez Martínez; Cristiano Nogueira; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya 2011. Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas. Biota Neotropica, 11 (1): 1–15. - get paper here
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