Amphisbaena palirostrata Hedges et al., 1992

GANS, CARL, 2005, Checklist And Bibliography Of The Amphisbaenia Of The World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (289), pp. 1-130 : 25

Amphisbaena palirostrata Hedges et al., 1992 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander (1962: 139). See also Baker (1987, parasites), Barbour (1930), Estrada and Ruibal (1999), Schwartz and Henderson (1988, 1991), Schwartz and Thomas (1975), and Zug and Schwartz (1958).

RANGE: Isla de Piños, Cuba.

Genus Cercolophia Vanzolini

Cercolophia Vanzolini, 1992: 401 . Type species: Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964 , by original designation.

See discussion in Vanzolini (1992).

Cercolophia absaberi Strussmann and de

Carvalho Cercolophia absaberi Strussmann and de Carval­

ho, 2001: 497. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Mato

Grosso, Cáceres (16 ° 10 ̍ S, 57 ° 41 ̍ W). Holotype:

ZUEC 1532. Paratypes: ZUEC 1528, 1529,

1531, 1533, 2092.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Strussmann and de Carvalho, 2001.

RANGE: Known only from the type locality.

Cercolophia bahiana Vanzolini

Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964: 1 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Vila Nova, Bahia, Brazil’ ’. Holotype: DZ 1259 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964d: 412). See also Tiedemann and Häupl (1980, variation), and Vanzolini (1992, variation; 2000). RANGE: Bahia, Brazil.

Cercolophia borellii Peracca

Amphisbaena borellii Peracca, 1897a: 8 . TYPE LO­

CALITY: ‘‘Caiza (Chaco boliviano)’’. Syntypes:

BMNH 98.7.7.13­RR1946.8.2.23; IMZUT

2043 (two specimens).

Amphisbaena steindachneri borellii Gans, 1964f .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964f: 397). See also Dirksen and de la Riva (1999, distribution), Elter (1981), Lavilla et al. (1994, identification), Montero and Terol (1999, distribution), Montero et al. (1995, distribution, variation), Vanzolini (1992, variation), and Vides­Almonacid et al. (1998, distribution).

RANGE: Bolivia (Caiza and Santa Cruz de la Sierra) and northwestern Argentina (Salta and Tucumán), west of Paraguay.