''Amphisbaena borelli'' is a
species of
worm lizard
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 native to central
South America.
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 ...
, ''borelli'', is in honor of French-born Italian ornithologist
Alfredo Borelli Alfredo Borelli (18 November 1858, in Marseilles – 6 May 1943, in Boves, Piedmont) was a French-born Italian zoologist, who worked mainly in Turin but who, early in his natural history career, conducted field work in South America.
Borelli g ...
.
Geographic range
''A. borelli'' is found in
Argentina (
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...
) and
Bolivia
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(
Santa Cruz Department and
Tarija Department).
Habitat
The preferred
habitats of ''A. borelli'' are
forest and
savanna.
Description
Dorsally, ''A. borelli'' is grayish brown, with each segment being darker in the center. Ventally, it is dirty white, without markings.
[ Peracca (1897).]
Reproduction
''A. borelli'' 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
* Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". ''Zootaxa'' 3616 (3): 201–238. (''Cercolophia borelli''). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
* Gans C (1964). "The South American species of ''Amphisbaena'' with a vertically keeled tail (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae)". ''Senckenbergiana biologica'' 45 (3/5): 387–416. (''Amphisbaena steindachneri borellii'', p. 397).
* Peracca MG (1897). "''Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. Rettili ed Anfibi'' ". ''Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R gia Università di Torino'' 12 (274): 1–19. (''Amphisbaena borelli'', new species, pp. 8–9). (in Italian).
borelli
Reptiles described in 1897
Taxa named by Mario Giacinto Peracca
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