The Cuban many-ringed amphisbaena (''Amphisbaena barbouri''), also known
commonly as the Cuban many-ringed worm lizard, is a
species of
amphisbaenian
Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As ...
in the
family Amphisbaenidae. The species is
endemic to
Cuba.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''barbouri'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Thomas Barbour.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphisbaena barbouri'', p. 16).]
Habitat
The preferred
habitat of ''A. barbouri'' is
forest.
Reproduction
''A. barbouri'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
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).
Amphisbaena (lizard)
Reptiles described in 1962
Taxa named by Carl Gans
Endemic fauna of Cuba
Reptiles of Cuba
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