Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825

Calixto, Pedro de Oliveira & Abrahão Morato, Sérgio Augusto, 2017, Herpetofauna recorded by a fauna rescue program in a Caatinga area of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Check List 13 (5), pp. 647-657 : 651

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.647
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87D5-0E27-FF87-FF3D-F993FC855770
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825
status

Treatment

Family Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825

Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila, 2014 : Figure 5

Amphisbaena littoralis resembles 5 other congeners ( A. alba , A. fuliginosa , A. ignatiana , A. lumbricalis and A. pretrei ) in the Brazilian northeast. However, A. littoralis is distinguished from A. ignatiana and A. lumbricalis by greater SVL, and from A. fuliginosa by the higher number of body annuli and ventral and dorsal segments. Also, A. littoralis may be distinguished from A. alba by a great- er number of body annuli, smaller SVL and possessing an autotomic site, and from A. pretrei by higher number of body and tail annuli. The vouchers of individuals are UFRN 4108–4112.

Family Leiosauridae Frost, Etheridge, Janies & Titus, 2001

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Amphisbaenidae