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Amphisbaena innocens WEINLAND, 1862

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tiburon Wormlizard, Innocent Worm Lizard 
SynonymAmphisbaena innocens WEINLAND 1862: 137
Amphisbaena innocens — WERNER 1910: 34
Amphisbaena innocens — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 560
Amphisbaena innocens — THOMAS & HEDGES 2006 
DistributionHispaniola (Haiti, W Dominican Republic)

Type locality: Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MCZ 3624. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (828 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustrations: Cochran, 1941; Gans and Alexander, 1962.

Subspecies: Amphisbaena innocens caudalis has been elevated to full species status.

Specimens previously assigned to A. innocens have been redescribed as A. cayemite and A. leali. 
References
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - 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, 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
  • Rosenberg, Herbert I. 1967. Hemipenial morphology of some Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Copeia 1967 (2): 349-361 - 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. & Hedges, S.B. 2006. Two New Species of Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. Carib. J. Sci. 42 (2): 208-219 - get paper here
  • Weinland, D. F 1863. Beschreibung und Abbildung von drei neuen Sauriern. (Embryopus Habichii und Amphisbaena innocens von Haiti, und Brachymeles Leuckarti von Neuholland.). Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 4: 131-143 [1862] - get paper here
  • 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
 
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