Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini

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 : 15-17

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Amphisbaena darwini hogei Vanzolini, 1950: 69 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil; São Paulo: Ilha dos Alcatrazes (24 ° 05 ̍ S, 45 ° 42 ̍ W). Holotype: DZ 6905 . Paratypes: DZ 6906–6920 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1966c: 250). RANGE: Brazil, eastern São Paulo to Santa

Catarina. Ilha dos Alcatrazes, Ilha Queimada

Grande. Amphisbaena hugoi Vanzolini

Amphisbaena hugoi Vanzolini, 1989: 525 . TYPE

LOCALITY: Brazil; Amazonas, Balbina (01 ° 53 ̍ S,

59 ° 28 ̍ W). Holotype: MZUSP 68644 View Materials .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1989:

525–528).

RANGE: Known only from type.

Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas Amphisbaena gonavensis hyporissor R. Thomas, 1965a: 5 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘13.1 mi. (20.9 km) SW of Enriquillo, Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana’ ’. Holotype: MCZ 77149. Paratypes: ASFS X9974 – X9976 ; AMNH 92792–92795 About AMNH ; KU 79824 , 79825 ; RT 754 , 755 ; UIMNH 55600–55602 View Materials ; MCZ 77150 (5 miles northeast of Oviedo , Pedernales Province) .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: R. Thomas (1965a: 5). See also Powell (1992, distribution), and Schwartz and Henderson (1991).

RANGE: Southeastern portion of Barahona Peninsula, Hispaniola. Known from the types only.

Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade

and Dias Lima 2003 Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade and Dias Lima, 2003: 21 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Maranhão, Urbano Santos, Fazenda Santo Amaro (03 ° 13 ̍ 34 ̎ —03 ° 14 ̍ 58 ̎ S, 43 ° 24 ̍ 59 ̎ — 43 ° 25 ̍ 45 ̎ W). Holotype: MZUSP 91989 View Materials .

RANGE: Known from types locality only.

Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini

Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991b: 374 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil; Bahia, Santo Indicio (11 ° 06 ̍ S, 42 ° 44 ̍ W). Holotype: MZUSP 72616 View Materials . Paratopotypes: MZUSP 72615 View Materials , 72617–72619 View Materials .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1991b: 264–271). See also Rodrigues (1996, distribution). RANGE: Brazil; Bahia.

Amphisbaena innocens Weinland

Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862: 137 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘In einem lichten Schlage von CampicheHolz in der Nähe des HafenStädtchens Jérémie’ ’, Haiti. Syntypes: MCZ 3624 About MCZ , 3625 About MCZ ; ZMB 1386 View Materials .

Amphisbaena weinlandi K. Schmidt, 1928: 29 . Lapsus View in CoL for A. innocens , hence not available (In

ternational Code of Zoological Nomenclature,

1961: art. 33b).

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander (1962: 107) and R. Thomas (1965: 1). See also Cochran (1941, systematics), Henderson and Schwartz (1984, identification), Henderson et al. (1984, identification), Schwartz and Henderson (1991, distribution), and Schwartz and Thomas (1975, distribution).

RANGE: Southwestern Hispaniola.

Amphisbaena innocens caudalis Cochran

Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928b: 58 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘Grande Cayemite Island, Haiti’’. Holotype: MCZ 25550. Paratype: MCZ 25551.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander (1962: 110).

RANGE: Grande Cayemite Island, Haiti. Known from the types only.

Amphisbaena leberi Thomas Amphisbaena gonavensis leberi R. Thomas, 1965b: 7 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ 5 km N of Pedernales , Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana.’’ Holotype: MCZ 77218. Paratypes: AMNH 92827 About AMNH , 92828 About AMNH ; ASFS V2595, V2596 (8 km north of Pedernales)676– V2678 ; KU 79855 , 79856 ; MCZ 77219 ; RT 985 ; UIMNH 55627 View Materials , 55628 View Materials (Pedernales) .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: R. Thomas (1965b: 7). See also Powell (1992, distribution).

RANGE: Low elevations of northwestern Barahona Peninsula, Hispaniola. Known from the types only.

Amphisbaena leeseri Gans

Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964d: 554 . TYPE LO

CALITY: Brazil; Mato Grosso do Sul, Urucum

( 19 ° 10 ̍ S, 57 ° 39 ̍ W). Holotype: IMZUT 2748 B.

Paratypes: IMZUT 2748A, 2748C–2748E.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964b). See also Gans (1967f, variation).

RANGE: Brazil (southwestern Mato Grosso) to northern Paraguay (Rio Apa). One specimen from central Mato Grosso in the Museo Nacional collection, Rio de Janeiro.

Amphisbaena leucocephala W.C.H. Peters

Amphisbaena leucocephala W.C.H. Peters, 1878b: 779 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil; Bahia. Holotype: ZMB 1379 View Materials .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1965d: 402) cited this as a species inquirenda on the basis of two specimens. See also Gans (1971c), and Goeldi (1902).

RANGE: Brazil, Bahia.

Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996: 294 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Alagoas: Planta Hidroelectrica de Xingo, Bajo Rio San Francisco , left side. Holotype: MZUSP 79433 View Materials . Paratypes: MZUSP 79434–79490 View Materials (57 specimens), same data as the holotype; MZUSP 79419–79432 View Materials (14 specimens), right side of the river, Sergipe .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1996). RANGE: Brazil (states of Alagoas and Sergipe).

Amphisbaena manni Barbour

Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914a: 318 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Cape Haitien, Haiti’ ’. Holotype: MCZ 8645 About MCZ . Paratypes: MCZ 8646 About MCZ , 8647 About MCZ ; USNM 67113 About USNM .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander (1962: 113). See also Cochran (1941), Henderson and Schwartz (1984, identification), Henderson et al. (1984, identification), Huntington et al. (1996, variation), Rhoten (1970, 1972, pancreatic islets), Schwartz and Henderson (1991), Schwartz and Thomas (1975, distribution), Thomas and Thomas (1978, ecology).

RANGE: Hispaniola, except for the southwestern quadrant.

Amphisbaena medemi Gans and Mather

Amphisbaena medemi Gans and Mather, 1977: 22 . TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia; Atlántico, Ciénaga de Amajahuevo (10 ° 24 ̍ N, 75 ° 03 ̍ W) .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Mather (1977: 22). See also Hoogmoed and Avila Pires (1991, distribution), and Vanzolini (1986, distribution).

RANGE: Colombia, Atlantico, Cienaga de Amajehuevo.

Amphisbaena mensae CastroMello

Amphisbaena mensae CastroMello, 2000: 244 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Goiás: Serra da Mesa, Setor 2 (14 ° 02 ̍ S, 48 ° 19 ̍ W). Holotype: MZUSP 83231 View Materials .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: CastroMello (2000). RANGE: Known from the types only.

Amphisbaena mertensi Strauch Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 : col. 66. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Wahrscheinlich an irgend einem Küstenpunkte Süd Amerikas’ ’; restricted to ‘‘ State of São Paulo, Brazil’ ’ (Gans, 1966a). Holotype: ZIL 311 View Materials .

Amphisbaena bohlsii G. Boulenger, 1894a: 344 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘Near Asuncion, Paraguay.’’ Syntypes: BMNH 94.3.14.19:RR1946.8.8.80, 94.3.14.20:RR1946.8.8.81.

Amphisbaena mattogrossensis Peracca, 1898: 1 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Colonia Teresa Cristina; Mattogrosso, Brasile’ ’. Holotype: IMZUT 2479 .

Amphisbaena carruccii Masi, 1911: 230 . TYPE LO CALITY: ‘‘ Cerro S. Ana, Territorio de Misiones ,’’ Argentina. Holotype: GZR 5556 M.

Amphisbaena boulengeri Masi, 1911: 232 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Cerro S. Ana, Territorio de Misiones’ ’, Argentina. Holotype: Department of Zoology, University of Rome, unnumbered.

Amphisbaena albissima Amaral, 1933 [1932]: 56. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil’ ’. Holotype: DZ 1260 (in extremely poor condition).

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1966a: 534). See also Abe (1984, temperature), Alvarez (1996a, distribution), Amaral (1933), Andrei (1979, distribution), Aquino et al. (1996, distribution), Avila et al. (2000, conservation status), Brito et al. (2001, behaviour), Chebez (1996), Cruz Neto and Abe (1993, gut content), Gans (1971c), Montero (1996c, distribution), Montero and Terol (1999, distribution), Murgel (1994), and Murgel (1994, distribution).

RANGE: Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso) to northern Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes) and eastern Paraguay.

Amphisbaena miringoeira Vanzolini Amphisbaena miringoeira Vanzolini, 1971: 191 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil; Mato Grosso, Pôrto Velho, Rio Tapirapés (10 ° 47 ̍ S, 51 ° 00 ̍ W). Holotype: MZUSP 13756 View Materials . Paratypes: MZUSP 13754 View Materials , 13755 View Materials , 13757 View Materials , 13758 View Materials .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1971: 191–192). See also Hoogmoed and AvilaPires (1991, distribution), and Vanzolini (1991a, variation).

RANGE: Known only from types.

References

Masi, L. 1911. Due nuove specie di Amphisbaena della Republica Argentina. Roma Bolletino della Sociedad Zoologica Italiana 12: 229 - 234. [pp. 229 - 230, 232; Amphisbaena boulengeri, A. carruccii]

Montero, R., and G. J. Terol. 1999. Los Amphisbaenidae en Paraguay, listado geografico. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 13 (1, 2): 89 - 95. [all; Amphisbaena alba, A. a. angustifrons, A. bolivica, A. camura, A. cegei, A. darwini heterozonata, A. d. trachura, A. dubia, A. leeseri, A. mertensi, A. p. prunicolor, A. p. albocingulata, A. vermicularis, Anops kingii, Cercolophia borelli, C. roberti, C. steindachneri, Leposternon microcephalum]

Murgel, M. C. 1994. Geomorphological behaviours, land use and ecology of reptiles and amphibians in a central Brazilian area: their relevance to conservation. Anais do Academia Brasileira do Ciencia 66 (suppl. 1, part 2): 177 - 193. [pp. 181 - 183, 186; Amphisbaena alba, A. mertensi]

Peracca, M. G. 1898. Descrizione di una nuova specie di amfisbena del Brasile. Boletim do Museo do Zoologie y Anatomia Comparada, Universidad de Torino 13 (326): 1 - 2. [all; Amphisbaena mattogrossensis]

Peters, W. C. H. 1878 b. Uber vier neue amerikanische Amphisbaena - Arten. Monatsberichte der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften 1878: 778 - 781. [all; Amphisbaena caeca, A. cubana, A. darwini, A. kraussi, A. leucocephala, A. mildei, A. subocularis]

Powell, R. 1992. Amphisbaena gonavensis. Catalog of American amphibians and reptiles 539: 1 - 3. [Amphisbaena g. gonavensis, A. g. hyporissor, A. g. leberi]

Rhoten, W. B. 1970. The cell population in pancreatic islets of Amphisbaenidae - a light and electron microscopic study. Anatomical Record 167: 401 - 423. [Amphisbaena caeca, A. manni, Bipes biporus]

Rhoten, W. B. 1972. The histophysiology of reptilian pancreatic islets. Dissertation Abstracts, Int. B., 32 (9): 4987. [A. manni, Bipes biporus]

Rodrigues, M. T., Andrade, G. V., and J. Dias Lima. 2003. A new species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from state of Maranhao, Brazil. Phyllomedusa, 2 (1): 21 - 26.

Schmidt, K. P. 1928. Amphibians and reptiles of Porto Rico with a list of those reported from the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Science, Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 10 (1): 1 - 160. [pp. 8, 10, 14, 18 - 20, 26 - 27, 29, 117 - 119]

Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 1975. A check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Spec. Publ. 1975 (1): 1 - 216. [pp. 166 - 169, Amphisbaena bakeri, A. caeca, A. caudalis, A. cubana, A. fenestrata, A. gonavensis, A. innocens, A. manni, A. schmidti, A. xera, Cadea blanoides, C. palirostrata]

Schwartz, A., and R. W. Henderson. 1991. Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies: descriptions, distributions and natural history. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. [pp. 555 - 564; Amphisbaena caeca, A. caudalis, A.

Strauch, A. 1881. Bemerkungen uber die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden. Memoirs de la Academie Imperiale de Science de St. Petersbourg 11: 355 - 479. [also in: Bulletin de la Academie Imperiale de Science de St. Petersbourg 28 (8): 45 - 132; all]

Thomas, R. 1965 a. The feeding habits of captive amphisbaenids - notes. Herpetologica 21 (3): 239. [all]

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Thomas, K. R., and R. Thomas. 1978. Locomotor activity responses to photoperiod in four West Indian fossorial squamates of the genera Amphisbaena and Typhlops (Reptilia, Lacertilia). Journal of Herpetology 12 (1): 35 - 41. [Amphisbanea manni, A. gonavensis, ecology]