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Amphisbaena cubana GUNDLACH & PETERS, 1879

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cuban Brown Wormlizard, Cuban Worm Lizard 
SynonymAmphisbaena cubana GUNDLACH & PETERS in PETERS 1879: 780
Amphisbaena cubana — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 557
Amphisbaena cubana — GANS 2005: 13
Amphisbaena cubana — CABALLERO & BARRETO 2021
Amphisbaena cubana — CABALLERO et al. 2022 
DistributionE/C Cuba, Isla de la Juventud

Type locality: “Cuba”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 6904, 9383 (SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991)
Holotype: MCZ 12136 [barbouri] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (963 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThe description incorrectly lists ZMB 9384 as one of the types. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • CABALLERO, DAYLON FUNDORA & ÁNGEL ARIAS BARRETO 2021. Nuevas adiciones a la herpetofauna del Refugio de Fauna Loma de Cunagua, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Poeyana (512): 1–4. - get paper here
  • CABALLERO, DAYLON FUNDORA; FÉLIX BRAVO CABRERA, AILÍN ABREU PORTALES & ODEY MARTÍNEZ LLÁNES. 2022. Herpetofauna of the Elemento Natural Destacado Dunas de Playa Pilar, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Reptiles & Amphibians 29(1): 191–194. - get paper here
  • Gandia, Anaisa Cajigas; Javier Torres López, and Tomas M. Rodriguez-Cabrera 2018. Survival on three legs: The case of a Cuban Knight Anole, Anolis equestris (Dactyloidae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25 (1): 35-36 - get paper here
  • Gandia, Anaisa Cajigas; Jesús Reina Carvajal, and Javier Torres López 2018. An instance of nectarivory in a Cuban Green Anole, Anolis porcatus (Squamata: Dactyloidae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25 (1): 37–39 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Hernández, F.B., Torres, J. & Bermúdez, S.V. 2018. Geographic Distribution: Amphisbaena cubana (Cuban Brown Amphisbaena). Herpetological Review 49 (1): 73. - get paper here
  • LANGNER, C. 2019. Die geheimnisvollen Doppelschleichen (Amphisbaenia) - ein Leben im Untergrund Elaphe 2019 (6): 14-21
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1879. Über vier neue amerikanische Amphisbaena-Arten. Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1878: 778-781 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
 
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