''Amphisbaena medemi'' 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
endemic to
Colombia
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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 ...
, ''medemi'', is in honor of
Federico Medem, who was a Colombian herpetologist, of
Baltic German descent.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphisbaena medemi'', p. 174).]
Geographic range
In Colombia, ''A. medemi'' is found in the departments of
Atlántico,
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* Ces ...
, and
La Guajira.
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Habitat
The preferred habitat of ''A. medemi'' is forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''A. medemi'' 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, Carl; Mathers, Sandra (1977). "''Amphisbaena medemi'', An Interesting New Species from Colombia (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia), with a Key to the Amphisbaenians of the Americas". ''Fieldiana Zoology'' 72 (2): 21–46.
*Meza-Joya, Fabio Leonardo (2015). "New records of ''Amphisbaena medemi'' Gans & Mathers, 1977 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Caribbean region of northern Colombia". ''Check List the journal of biodiversity data'' 1 (1): (Article 1526) 1–3.
* Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of ''Amphisbaena'' (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Univeridade de São Paulo'' 42 (15): 351–362.
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medemi
Reptiles described in 1977
Taxa named by Carl Gans
Taxa named by Sandra Mathers
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Reptiles of Colombia