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Hoge's worm lizard

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Species of amphibaenian

Hoge's worm lizard
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. hogei
Binomial name
Amphisbaena hogei
Vanzolini, 1950
Synonyms
  • Amphisbaena darwinii hogei
    Vanzolini, 1950
  • Amphisbaena hogei
    — Gans, 2005

Hoge's worm lizard (Amphisbaena hogei) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, hogei, is in honor of Belgian-Brazilian herpetologist Alphonse Richard Hoge.

Geographic range

A. hogei is found in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. hogei is forest.

Description

A small species, A. hogei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13.4 cm (5.3 in). It has 177–191 body annuli and 15–19 tail annuli. It is brown dorsally, and it is paler ventrally.

Behavior

A. hogei is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

A. hogei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena hogei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75160381A75160389.pt. Accessed on 20 March 2024. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. ^ Amphisbaena hogei 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 hogei, p. 125).

Further reading

  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena hogei, new status, p. 150.
  • Vanzolini PE (1950). "Contribuições ao conhecimento dos lagartos brasileiros da familia Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825. I. Sôbre uma nova subespécie insular da Amphisbaena darwinii D. & B., 1839 ". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 9: 69–78. (Amphisbaena darwinii hogei, new subspecies). (in Portuguese).
  • Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaenia (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Pap. Avuls. Zool., Mus. Zool. Univ. São Paulo 42 (15): 351–362. (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
  • Zaher H, Barbo FE, Sanchez Martinez P, Nogueira C, Rodrigues MT, Sawaya RJ (2011). "Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas ". Biota Neotropica 11 (1): 1–15. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).


Taxon identifiers
Amphisbaena hogei


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