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Amphisbaena longinqua TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES, 2019

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAmphisbaena longinqua TEXEIRA JUNIOR, DAL VECHIO, RECODER, CASSIMIRO, SENA & RODRIGUES 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Serra do Cafundó, Piatã municipality, (13°02′06.61′′S, 41°45′21.98′′W, 1,386 m elevation, WGS84), Bahia state, Brazil  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. MZUSP 106166, collected by the authors, on 24 December 2010. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: (1) Small species (holotype: SVL = 134 mm), (2) two precloacal pores, arranged in a continuous series; (3) snout rounded in profile and dorsal view; (4) body annuli 232; (5) caudal annuli 27; (6) autotomy site at the 7th caudal annulus; (7) 16 dorsal and 18 ventral segments per annulus at midbody; (8) 3 supralabials; (9) 3 infralabials, second the largest; (10) 2 rows of postgenials; (11) postmalar row absent; (12) head without major scale fusions; (13) lateral sulcus present; (14) dorsal and ventral sulci absent.


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CommentKnown only from the holotype.

Habitat: The holotype was found under a roadside rock in a cashew plantation at 1,386 m a.s.l. The area is dominated by semi-deciduous montane forest (Fig. 8), with rocky outcrops, in a moun- tain range locally known as Serra do Cafundó (Fig. 9 in Texeira-Junior et al. 2019). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is the Latin adjective “longinquus” (feminine longinqua) in reference to the Portuguese noun “Cafundó,” an African word, that gives name to the locality where it was collected, and that means “place of difficult access”, especially when situated between mountains or when remote and sparsely populated. 
References
  • Teixeira Junior, Mauro; Francisco Dal Vechio, Renato Recoder, José Cassimiro, Marco Aurélio De Sena, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2019. Two New Highland Species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Bahia State, Brazil. South American J. Herp. 14 (3): 213-232, (13 December 2019) - get paper here
 
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