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Amphisbaena anaemariae VANZOLINI, 1997

IUCN Red List - Amphisbaena anaemariae - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega 
SynonymAmphisbaena anaemariae VANZOLINI 1997
Amphisbaena anaemariae — RIBEIRO, VAZ-SILVA & SANTOS JR 2008
Amphisbaena anaemariae — SOUZA & COSTA 2022 
DistributionBrazil (Goiás, Minas Gerais, Distrito Federal, Tocantins)

Type locality: Brazil: Goias: Serra da Mesa, Ponto 2 (14°02’S, 48°13’W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 08596. Paratypes: MZUSP 80224, 80225, 80597–60601 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small species (maximum total length 193 mm). Two preanal pores; 156-170 body annuli; 18-20 tail annuli; autotomy level between third and fourth or between fourth and fifth caudal annuli; 14-16/14-16 segments to a mid-body annulus. (Vanzolini 1997)


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CommentMorphology: This species is one of ~20 species of Amphisbaena with two precloacal pores (Ribeiro et al. 2019). 
EtymologyNamed in honor of Ana Maria Ramos-Costa, long time friend and coworker of the the author. 
References
  • Angiolani-Larrea, F., de Fraga, R., Mortati, A., & Ribeiro, S. 2021. Sex-dependent divergence in asymmetrical reproductive tract morphology between two closely-related amphisbaenian species (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 42 (3): 317–330 - get paper here
  • Campos Nogueira, C. de 2001. New records of Squamate Reptiles in Central Brazilian Cerrado II: Brasília Region. Herpetological Review 32 (4): 285-287 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Marra Santos, F.J. 2024. Checklist of the herpetofauna in an area of the Cerrado Biome, Central Brazil, under strong mining pressure. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity, 9(1), 332-354 - get paper here
  • Mesquita, G. D. S., Silveira, P., Ramalho, W. P., dos Santos, J. S., Machado, I. F., Maciel, N. M., ... & Collevatti, R. G. 2025. Agriculture cover and local vegetation structure shape Squamata’s diversity in agricultural landscapes in Brazilian Cerrado. Landscape Ecology, 40(5), 85 - get paper here
  • PINNA, PEDRO H.; ANDRÉ F. MENDONÇA; ADRIANA BOCCHIGLIERI & DANIEL S. FERNANDES 2010. A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 2569: 44–54 - get paper here
  • RIBEIRO, SÍRIA; JERRIANE O. GOMES, HELDER LÚCIO RODRIGUES DA SILVA, CARLOS EDUARDO D. CINTRA, NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR. 2016. A new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, with a key to the two-pored species of Amphisbaena. Zootaxa 4147 (2): 124–142 - get paper here
  • RIBEIRO, SÍRIA; VÂNIA SÁ, ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR, ROBERTA GRABOSKI, HUSSAM ZAHER, ANDREI G. GUEDES, SHEILA P. ANDRADE, WILIAN VAZ-SILVA 2019. A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species. Zootaxa 4550 (3): 301–320 - get paper here
  • Santos, D.L.; S.P. Andrade; E.P. Victor-Jr.; W. Vaz-Silva 2014. Amphibians and reptiles from southeastern Goiás, Central Brazil. Check List 10 (1): 131-148 - get paper here
  • SOUZA, MARCELLA & HENRIQUE COSTA. 2022. New southernmost record and an updated distribution map for the Serra da Mesa Wormlizard, Amphisbaena anaemariae (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Reptiles & Amphibians 29(1): 141–145. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Teixeira, Mauro; Francisco Dal Vechio, Antonio Mollo Neto, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2014. A New Two-Pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758, from Western Amazonia, Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). South American J. Herp. 9 (1): 62-74. - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P.E. 2002. AN AID TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF AMPHISBAENA (SQUAMATA, AMPHISBAENIDAE). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(15):351-362 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini,P.E. 1997. The silvestrii species group of Amphisvanzolinibaena, with the description of two new Brasilian species (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 40 (3): 65-85 - get paper here
  • Vrcibradic,D. &Soares,M. 1999. Geographic distribution: Amphisbaena anaemariae. Herpetological Review 30 (4): 233 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro, L. B., Gomides, S. C., & Costa, H. C. 2018. A New Species of Amphisbaena from Northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 234–241 - get paper here
 
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