| Heath's worm lizard | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. heathi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena heathi K.P. Schmidt, 1936[1] | |
Heath's worm lizard (Amphisbaena heathi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae.[1] The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The specific name, heathi, is in honor of American malacologist Harold Heath.[2]
Geographic range
A. heathi is found in Brazil in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.[1]
Diet
A. heathi feeds mainly on ants, insect larvae, and cockroach nymphs, but will also eat earthworms, leeches, and centipedes.[3]
Reproduction
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Species Amphisbaena heathi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 heathi, p. 119).
- ↑ Lisboa CMCA, Sales RFD, Macêdo BRM, Freire EMX (2016). "Diet of Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt, 1936 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Remnants of the Atlantic Forest, Northeastern Brazil, with Notes on Distribution, Diagnosis and Conservation". South American Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 12-17.
Further reading
- Gans C (1965). "On Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt and A. carvalhoi, new species, small forms from the northeast of Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 31 (23): 613–630.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena heathi, p. 14).
- Oliveira CR, Roberto IJ, Sousa JGG, Ávila RW (2019). "On the ecology of Amphisbaena heathi (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Northeastern Brazil". Herpetological Review 50 (1): 62–66.
- Schmidt KP (1936). "Notes on Brazilian Amphisbaenians". Herpetologica 1 (1): 28–32. (Amphisbaena heathi, new species).
- 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 Universidade de São Paulo 42 (15): 351–362.
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