Amphisbaena mebengokre RIBEIRO, SÁ, SANTOS JR, GRABOSKI, ZAHER, GUEDES, ANDRADE & VAZ-SILVA, 2019
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Amphisbaena mebengokre
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphisbaena mebengokre RIBEIRO, SÁ, SANTOS JR, GRABOSKI, ZAHER, GUEDES, ANDRADE & VAZ-SILVA 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Goiás) Type locality: banks of the Caiapó River (16o27’25’’S, 51o22’41’’W; 464 m above of sea level; datum = WGS84) near to the Hydroelectric Power Plant Santo Antônio do Caiapó, Municipality of Arenópolis, State of Goiás, Brazil |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MNRJ 25189, adult male collected on 22 November 2012 by Jafi M. Carmo and Wilian Vaz-Silva. Paratypes: Adult males: MNRJ 25191, MNRJ 25194, MNRJ 25196, MNRJ 25198, MPEG 32206, ZUFG 1194, ZUFG 1196, ZUFG 1201, ZUFG 1204, ZUFG 1205, ZUFG 1207. Adult females: MNRJ 25190, MNRJ 25192, MNRJ 25193, MNRJ 25195, MNRJ 25197, MPEG 32205, ZUFG 1193, ZUFG 1195, ZUFG 1197, ZUFG 1200, ZUFG 1202, and ZUFG 1203. Undetermined: ZUFG 1206. All paratypes are from the type locality, Arenópolis municipality, state of Goiás, Brazil, collected by Wilian Vaz-Silva, Jafi M. Carmo, Paulo Roberto Gomes, and Edmar P. Victor between 22 and 28 November 2012. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species is a member of the Amphisbaena silvestrii group (sensu Vanzolini 1997) and is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: (1) snout rounded in dorsal view and slightly convex in profile view; (2) two precloacal pores; (3) 161–176 dorsal half-annuli; (4) 12–15 tail annuli; (5) 3/3 supralabials; and (6) postmalar row absent. Additional details (2343 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Morphology: This species is one of ~20 species of Amphisbaena with two precloacal pores (Ribeiro et al. 2019). |
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