Loveridgea ionidesii (BATTERSBY, 1950)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Liwale round-snouted worm lizard
Synonym	Amphisaena ionidesii BATTERSBY 1950 Amphisaena ionidesii — LOVERIDGE 1955: 178 Loveridgea ionidesii — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19 Loveridgea ionidesii — GANS 2005: 34 Loveridgea ionidesii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 319
Distribution	S Tanzania (Liwale, Msuega, Kilwa, Songea, Tunduru). Type locality: Liwale, Southern Province, Tanzania.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1948.1.7.84. Paratypes: (185 total) BMNH 1948.1.7.85–1948.1.7.93, 1949.1.6.1–1949.1.6.99, 1949.1.7.1–1949.1.7.52; IRScNB 2368; MCZ 50040–50065.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Species of Loveridgea with eye apparent externally through a discrete ocular; frontals fused medially to form a V-shaped azygous shield; slightly less than three supralabials and three infralabials; first postsupralabial fused with postocular, second enormous and in medial contact with parietal, and third narrow; first postinfralabial narrow, in medial contact with enormous malar; two rows of postgenials, two to three segments in the first row, four irregularly (3-5) in the second; eight (7-10) postmalars; no occipitals; body annuli 232-257; caudal annuli 20-26; four round precloacal pores; autotomy site at the 8th to 11th caudal annulus (10-20% autotomized and healed); 12-16 dorsal and 14-18 ventral segments to a midbody annulus; medium size (79-184 mm body length). (Gans & Kraklau 1989) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 8814 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901-1968), British hunter and herpetologist of Greek origin. See Beolens et al. 2011 for many interesting tidbits of this interesting personality.
References	Battersby, J.C. 1950. A new amphisbaenid lizard from Tanganika territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 3: 413-417 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Gans C; Kraklau D M 1989. Studies on amphisbaenians (Reptilia) 8. Two genera of small species from east Africa (Geocalamus and Loveridgea). American Museum Novitates (2944) : 1-28 - 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 Loveridge, A. 1955. On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. lonides,. Journ. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. 22: 169-198 Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here Williams E E 1982. Arthur Loveridge—A Life in Retrospect. Breviora (471): 1-12 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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