Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed and Avila­Pires,

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Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed and Avila­Pires,

1991: 78. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Rondonia:

Cachoeira de Samuel (08 ° 45 ̍ S, 63 ° 28 ̍ W). Ho­

lotype: MPEG 15436. Paratypes: MPEG 15437,

15438, 15441, 15442, 15443, 15455, RMNH

24470–244713.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Hoogmoed and Avila­Pires (1991: 78–87).

RANGE: Rio Jamari, western Brazil.

Amphisbaena darwini Duméril and Bibron

Amphisbaena darwini Duméril and Bibron, 1839: 490 . TYPE LOCALITY: Uruguay: Montevideo: Montevideo (34 ° 55 ̍ S, 56 ° 10 ̍ W). Lectotype: MHNP A3112. Lectoparatypes: MHNP A3107, A3113.

Amphisbaena darwinii Boulenger, 1886: 428 .

Amphisbaena mildei Peters, 1879: 777 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans, (1966c: 234). See also Achával (1976, distribution), Klappenbach (1960, embryos), Montero (1996b, distribution), and Vaz­Ferreira et al. (1975 [1973], ecology). Gans (1966b) proposed suppression of the name Amphisbaena mildei , which was subsequently rejected in priority but not homonymy according to ICZN Opinion 1131 ( Melville, 1979) and has been placed in the ‘‘Official Index of Rejected and invalid specific names in Zoology’’ as name number 1051 (after Bauer et al., 1995).

RANGE: Southern and central Uruguay.

Amphisbaena dubia Lorenz Müller Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924: 86 . Type locality, Brazil: S.Pauto: Piracicaba (22 ° 42 ̍ S, 47 ° 38 ̍ W). Holotype: ZMB 26394. Not A. dubia Rathke, 1863: 126 ; cf. Gans, 1961a: 12; China, 1963b: 197.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964a: 2). See also Beçak et al. (1971b, 1972, chromosomes), Cruz Neto et al. (1987, diet), and Hochstetter (1898, anatomy).

RANGE: Brazil, states of São Paulo, Parana, and Santa Catarina.

Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope)

Diphalus fenestrata Cope, 1861b: 76 . TYPE LO­ CALITY: ‘‘ The West Indian Islands of St Thomas and Santa Cruz’ ’; restricted to ‘‘ St. Thomas, Virgin Islands’ ’ (Gans and Alexander, 1962: 131). Holotype: USNM 11715 .

Amphisbaena antillensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862: 224 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ St. Thomas og St. Jan’ ’; restricted to ‘‘ St. John’ ’, Virgin Islands (Gans and Alexander, 1962: 131). Lectotype: KM R­449. Lectoparatype: KM R­4411 ( Virgin Islands).

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander

(1962: 131) See also Carey (1972, distribution), Huang and Gans (1971, chromosomes), Lazell (1986, general), MacLean (1982), Philibosian and Yntema (1978), Schwartz and Henderson (1991, distribution), and Schwartz and Thomas (1975, distribution).

RANGE: Virgin Islands, Tortola, St John, Dorothea, St. Thomas.

Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini

Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991c: 368 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Bahia: Alagoado (09 ° 29 ̍ S, 41 ° 21 ̍ W). Holotype: MZUSP 72989. Paratypes: MZUSP 72990–72997.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1991c: 348–350). See also Montero (1997b, 1997c, skull), and Rodrigues (1996, distribution). RANGE: Brazil; Bahia.

Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linné

Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linne´, 1758: 229. Type locality, ‘‘America’’. Vanzolini 1951a (subspecies).

Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linne´, 1758: 229. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘America’’ = Guianas (cf. Vanzolini, 1951a: 58). Syntypes: Stockholm Museum, Uppsala Museum (Andersson, 1899: 7).

Amphisbaena vulgaris Laurenti, 1768: 66. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘America’’. Holotype: ‘‘Museo Illustris. Com. Turriana Viennae’’; lost, according to Vanzolini (1951a: 59).

Amphisbaena magnifica Laurenti, 1768: 66 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘America’’. Holotype: Seba (1743– 1735) specimen; lost.

Amphisbaena flava Laurenti, 1768: 67 . TYPE LO­ CALITY: ‘‘America’’. Holotype: Seba (1743– 1735) specimen; lost.

Amphisbaena americana Gray, 1844: 70 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ South America ; Demerara; Berbice’’. Lectotype: By present designation, BMNH V.2.1.d:RR1960.1.4.56 ( Berbice). Lectoparatypes: BMNH V.2.1.a:RR1960.1.4.59 (South America); BMNH V.2.1.b:RR1960.1.4.57, 38.11.1.21:RR1960.1.4.58 ( Demerara).

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1951a:

60). See also Carey (1972, distribution), Cen­

drero (1972, distribution), Jared et al. (1998,

cytology), Rieppel (1979, musculature), Vaz­

Ferreira et al. (1970 and 1973, oviposition),

Villa et al. (1988, distribution), Vitt and De

la Torre (1996, ecology), and West (1975,

ecology).

RANGE: From Trinidad to French Guiana.