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Amphisbaena schmidti

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Species of reptile

Amphisbaena schmidti
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species: A. schmidti
Binomial name
Amphisbaena schmidti
Gans, 1964
Geographic distribution of Amphisbaena schmidti
Geographic distribution of Amphisbaena schmidti

Amphisbaena schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's worm lizard or the Puerto Rican dusky worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Geographic range

A. schmidti is found in Puerto Rico.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. schmidti are shrubland, forest, and grassland at altitudes of 0–400 m (0–1,312 ft).

Reproduction

A. schmidti is oviparous.

See also

References

  1. ^ Joglar R, Powell R, Hedges B, Thomas R (2016). "Amphisbaena schmidti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
  2. "Amphisbaena ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  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 schmidti, p. 236).
  4. ^ Species Amphisbaena schmidti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Gans C (1964). "Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". Breviora (198): 1–11. (Amphisbaena schmidti, new species, pp. 3–11 + Figures 1–7).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 19).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 561).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 168).


Taxon identifiers
Amphisbaena schmidti


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