Amphisbaena borelli

Amphisbaena borelli
Conservation status
	; 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;

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

Etymology

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

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

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

A. borelli is oviparous.[2]

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.
Amphisbaena borelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
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).
Peracca (1897).