Leposternon octostegum (DUMÉRIL, 1851)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Dumeril's Worm Lizard Portuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega
Synonym	Lepidosternon octostegum DUMÉRIL 1851: 150 Lepidosternon otostegum — DUMÉRIL & BOCOURT 1882 (in error) Leposternon octostegum — PETERS et al. 1970: 169 Leposternon octostegum — GANS 2005: 33 Amphisbaena octostegum — MOTT & VIEITES 2009 Leposternon octostegum — RIBEIRO et al. 2018
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: ‘‘Brésil’’.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 7055
Diagnosis
Comment
References	Barros-Filho, J. D. de, Freitas, M., Silva, T., Loguercio, M., & Valverde, M. C. 2019. Redescription of Leposternon octostegum (Duméril, 1851), with an identification key for Brazilian Leposternon species, remarks on meristic methodology, and a proposal for pholidosis nomenclature (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(1), 13058-13086 - get paper here Costa Valverde, M.C. & Jesus Ferreira D. de 2005. NEM COBRA, NEM DUAS CABEÇAS: QUEM EU SOU? Uma abordagem sobre os Amphisbaenia. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 10 pp. Couto-Ferreira, Danilo; Moacir Santos Tinôco, Magno Lima Travassos de Oliveira, Henrique Colombini Browne-Ribeiro, Cecil Pergentino Fazolato, Ricardo Marques da Silva, Gilvana Santos Barreto & Marcelo Alves Dias 2011. Restinga lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at the Imbassaí Preserve on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (8): 1990–2000 - get paper here Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp. Filho, J.D.B.; M.A. Freitas, T.F.S. Silva, M.C.C. Valverde, M.F.C. Loguercio & D. Veríssimo 2013. On the distribution and ecology of Leposternon octostegum: Putting a subterranean reptile species on the map. Wildl. Biol. Pract. 1(9); 1-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.2461/wbp.2013.9.1 - get paper here Freitas, Marco Antonio de 2014. Squamate reptiles of the Atlantic Forest of northern Bahia, Brazil. Check List 10 (5): 1020-1030 - get paper here Gans, C. 1971. Studies on Amphisbaenians. (4). A review of the amphisbaenid genus Leposternon. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 144 (6): 379-464 - 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 Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Mott, Tamí; David R. Vieites 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2): 190-200 - get paper here Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 347 pp. - get paper here Ribeiro, Síria; Adriano Lima Silveira and Alfredo P. Santos-jr 2018. A New Species of Leposternon (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Cerrado with a Key to Pored Species. Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 50-58 - get paper here RIBEIRO, SIRIA; ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR, HUSSAM ZAHER 2015. A new species of Leposternon Wagler, 1824 (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from northeastern Argentina. Zootaxa 4034 (2): 309–324 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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