Amphisbaena cubana GUNDLACH & PETERS, 1879

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cuban Brown Wormlizard, Cuban Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena 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
Distribution	E/C Cuba, Isla de la Juventud Type locality: “Cuba”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 6904, 9383 (SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991) Holotype: MCZ 12136 [barbouri]
Diagnosis
Comment	The description incorrectly lists ZMB 9384 as one of the types.
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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/guide_pdfs/197%20Cuba%20Baconao… http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1MwwViYJSIM/TsK0T_vonQI/AAAAAAAAUqI/Fl_DLfV_QpA… Google images

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