Loveridgea phylofiniens (TORNIER, 1899)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Udjiji Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena phylofiniens TORNIER 1899: 260 Loveridgea phylofiniens — VANZOLINI 1951: 114 Loveridgea phylofiniens — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19 Loveridgea phylofiniens — GANS 2005: 34 Loveridgea phylofiniens — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 319
Distribution	Tanzania (vicinity of Ujiji) Type locality: Ujiji, Tanzania.
Reproduction
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 15669, ZMB 69096 (two specimens).
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Amphisbaena phylofiniens TORNIER 1899: 260 is the type species of the genus Loveridgea VANZOLINI 1951. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	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 Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here 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 Tornier,G. 1899. Drei Reptilien aus Afrika. Zool. Anz. 22 (588): 258-261 - get paper here Vanzolini, P.E. 1951. A systematic arrangement of the family Amphibaenidae (Sauria). Herpetologica 7: 113-123 - 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 - Loveridgea phylofiniens - Data Deficient, DD Google images

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