Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena

The Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena (Amphisbaena barbouri ) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]

Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. barbouri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena barbouri
Gans & Alexander, 1962
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphisbaena cubana barbouri
    Gans & Alexander, 1962
  • Amphisbaena barbouri
    — Thomas & Hedges, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. barbouri is forest.[1]

Reproduction

A. barbouri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Fong A (2017). "Amphisbaena barbouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T74854656A75171281. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74854656A75171281.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2019.
  2. Amphisbaena barbouri 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 barbouri, p. 16).

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 barbouri, p. 11).
  • Gans C, Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 128 (3): 65-158 + Plates 1-12. (Amphisbaena cubana barbouri, new subspecies, pp. 100-101).
  • 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 cubana barbouri, p. 167).
  • Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 32 (1): 92–96. (Amphisbaena barbouri, new status).



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