Amphisbaena borelli

Amphisbaena borelli is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to central South America.

Amphisbaena borelli

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. borelli
Binomial name
Amphisbaena borelli
Peracca, 1897
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    Peracca, 1897
  • Amphisbaena steindachneri borelli
    — Gans, 1964
  • Leposternon borelli
    — Gallardo, 1969
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Vanzolini, 1992
  • Amphisbaena borelli
    — Mott & Vieites, 2009
  • Cercolophia borelli
    — Avila et al., 2013

Etymology

The specific name, borelli, is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist Alfredo Borelli.[3]

Geographic range

A. borelli is found in Argentina (Salta Province) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department and Tarija Department).[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. borelli are forest and savanna.[1]

Description

Dorsally, A. borelli is grayish brown, with each segment being darker in the center. Ventally, it is dirty white, without markings.[4]

Reproduction

A. borelli is oviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Aguayo R, Aparicio J, Arzamendia V, Embert D, Fitzgerald L, Giraudo A, Gonzales L, Kacoliris F, Montero R, Muñoz A, Pelegrin N, Scrocchi G, Williams J (2016). "Amphisbaena borelli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T56039152A56039155. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56039152A56039155.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2019.
  2. Amphisbaena borelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena borelli, p. 32).
  4. Peracca (1897).

Further reading
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (274): 1-19. (Amphisbaena borelli, new species, pp. 8-9). (in Italian).



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