Amphisbaena bakeri STEJNEGER, 1904

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Puerto Rican Many-ringed Wormlizard, Baker's Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena bakeri STEJNEGER 1904: 681 Amphisbaena bakeri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 555 Amphisbaena bakeri — GANS 2005: 11
Distribution	Puerto Rico Type locality: Puerto Rico.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 25541.
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations: Stejneger, 1904; Schmidt, 1928; Gans and Alexander, 1962. Synonymy: Grant 1932 doubted the validity of A. bakeri
Etymology	Named after the collector if the type, A.B. Baker.
References	Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - 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 Grant, C. 1932. A redescription of Amphisbaena caeca with a discussion of its relationship to A. bakeri. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 16: 153-155 Schmidt, K.P. 1928. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and land reptiles of Porto Rico, with a list of those reported from the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences 10 (1):160 pp. Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Stejneger, L. 1904. The herpetology of Porto Rico. Rept. United States Natl. Mus. 1902: 549-724. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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