The Cuban pink amphisbaena (''Amphisbaena carlgansi)'' 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 ...
, ''carlgansi'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Carl Gans
Carl Gans (7 September 1923 – 30 November 2009) was a German-born American zoologist and herpetologist.
Early life and education
Gans, who was Jewish, was born in Germany. While a teenager in 1939, he was able to escape Nazi Germany by ...
.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphisbaena carlgansi'', p. 97).]
Habitat
The preferred
habitat of ''A. carlgansi'' is
forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''A. carlgansi'' 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 carlgansi'', p. 12).
* Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes; Mancina, Carlos A.; Rivalta González, Vilma (2013). "Reptiles of Cuba: Checklist and Geographic Distributions". ''Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service'' (144): 1–96. (''Amphisbaena carlgansi'', p. 10).
* Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 32 (1): 92–96. (''Amphisbaena carlgansi'', new species).
Amphisbaena (lizard)
Reptiles described in 1998
Taxa named by Richard Thomas (herpetologist)
Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges
Endemic fauna of Cuba
Reptiles of Cuba
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