| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hoge's Worm Lizard
Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega |
| Synonym | Amphisbaena darwini hogei VANZOLINI 1950
Amphisbaena hogei — GANS 1966: 150
Amphisbaena hogei — GANS 2005: 15
Amphisbaena hogei — BERNILS et al. 2007 |
| Distribution | Brazil (E Sao Paulo to Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro)
Type locality: Brazil; São Paulo: Ilha dos Alcatrazes (24°05’S, 45°42’W).
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP (given as DZ 6905 in Gans 2005). Paratypes: DZ 6906–6920. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: This is a small form of Amphisbaena, without major fusion of the head shields, with a bluntly pointed head, with the prefrontals by far the largest segments on the dorsal and the mental on the ventral surface of the head, with only slight swelling of the rostral tip but with considerable bulging of the temporal muscles, and a tendency to two enlarged pairs of parietal segments as well as general enlargements of the segments of the postocular region. The form has 177 to 191 body annuli, 15 to 19 caudal annuli, a clearly marked autotomy constriction that falls on the fourth to sixth (in one case on the seventh) postcloacal annulus, 10 to 13 dorsal and 14 to 18 median numbers of ventral segments to a midbody annulus, and four large, round, precloacal pores in both males and females. The tail is cylindrical and roundly capped distally. Only the lateral sulci are apparent. Specimens are brown dorsally and faintly countershaded. The central rectangle of each segment is more darkly pigmented; the pigmented area shrinks below the lateral line and finally drops out by segments. (Gans 1966: 250) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Alphonse Richard Hoge (1912-1982), a Brazilian-born Belgian herpetologist. Soon after his birth, the family returned to Belgium (1913). However, he returned to Brazil and joined Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil (1946), and was Director of the Biology Departtnent (1969-1982). |
| References |
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