Amphisbaena longinqua TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES, 2019
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Amphisbaena longinqua
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphisbaena longinqua TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES 2019 Amphisbaena longinqua — RIBEIRO et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Serra do Cafundó, Piatã municipality, (13°02′06.61′′S, 41°45′21.98′′W, 1,386 m elevation, WGS84), Bahia state, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype. MZUSP 106166, collected by the authors, on 24 December 2010. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Small species (holotype: SVL = 134 mm), (2) two precloacal pores, arranged in a continuous series; (3) snout rounded in profile and dorsal view; (4) body annuli 232; (5) caudal annuli 27; (6) autotomy site at the 7th caudal annulus; (7) 16 dorsal and 18 ventral segments per annulus at midbody; (8) 3 supralabials; (9) 3 infralabials, second the largest; (10) 2 rows of postgenials; (11) postmalar row absent; (12) head without major scale fusions; (13) lateral sulcus present; (14) dorsal and ventral sulci absent. Additional details (2330 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Known only from the holotype. Habitat: The holotype was found under a roadside rock in a cashew plantation at 1,386 m a.s.l. The area is dominated by semi-deciduous montane forest (Fig. 8), with rocky outcrops, in a moun- tain range locally known as Serra do Cafundó (Fig. 9 in Texeira-Junior et al. 2019). |
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