Checklist And Bibliography Of The Amphisbaenia Of The World
Author
GANS, CARL
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Amphisbaena cunhai
Hoogmoed and AvilaPires,
1991: 78.
TYPE
LOCALITY:
Brazil
:
Rondonia
:
Cachoeira de Samuel (08
°
45
̍
S, 63
°
28
̍
W). Ho
lotype: MPEG 15436.
Paratypes
: MPEG 15437,
15438, 15441, 15442, 15443, 15455, RMNH
24470–244713.
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Hoogmoed and AvilaPires (1991: 78–87).
RANGE: Rio Jamari, western
Brazil
.
Amphisbaena darwini
Duméril and Bibron
Amphisbaena darwini
Duméril and Bibron, 1839: 490
. TYPE LOCALITY:
Uruguay
:
Montevideo
:
Montevideo
(34
°
55
̍
S, 56
°
10
̍
W).
Lectotype
: MHNP A3112. Lectoparatypes: MHNP A3107, A3113.
Amphisbaena darwinii
Boulenger, 1886: 428
.
Amphisbaena mildei
Peters, 1879: 777
.
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans, (1966c: 234). See also Achával (1976, distribution), Klappenbach (1960, embryos), Montero (1996b, distribution), and VazFerreira et al. (1975 [1973], ecology). Gans (1966b) proposed suppression of the name
Amphisbaena mildei
, which was subsequently rejected in priority but not homonymy according to ICZN Opinion 1131 (
Melville, 1979
) and has been placed in the ‘‘Official Index of Rejected and invalid specific names in Zoology’’ as name number 1051 (after Bauer et al., 1995).
RANGE: Southern and central
Uruguay
.
Amphisbaena dubia
Lorenz Müller
Amphisbaena dubia
L.
Müller, 1924: 86
. Type locality,
Brazil
: S.Pauto: Piracicaba (22
°
42
̍
S, 47
°
38
̍
W).
Holotype
: ZMB 26394. Not
A. dubia
Rathke, 1863: 126
; cf. Gans, 1961a: 12;
China
, 1963b: 197.
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964a: 2). See also Beçak et al. (1971b, 1972, chromosomes), Cruz Neto et al. (1987, diet), and Hochstetter (1898, anatomy).
RANGE:
Brazil
, states of
São Paulo
,
Parana
, and
Santa Catarina
.
Amphisbaena fenestrata
(Cope)
Diphalus fenestrata
Cope, 1861b: 76
. TYPE LO CALITY: ‘‘
The West Indian Islands
of
St Thomas
and
Santa Cruz’
’; restricted to ‘‘
St. Thomas
,
Virgin Islands’
’ (Gans and Alexander, 1962: 131).
Holotype
:
USNM 11715
.
Amphisbaena antillensis
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862: 224
. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘
St. Thomas
og
St. Jan’
’; restricted to ‘‘
St. John’
’,
Virgin Islands
(
Gans
and
Alexander
, 1962: 131).
Lectotype
: KM R449. Lectoparatype: KM R4411 (
Virgin Islands
).
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans and Alexander
(1962: 131) See also Carey (1972, distribution), Huang and Gans (1971, chromosomes), Lazell (1986, general),
MacLean (1982)
,
Philibosian and Yntema (1978)
,
Schwartz and Henderson (1991
, distribution), and
Schwartz and Thomas (1975
, distribution).
RANGE:
Virgin Islands
,
Tortola
, St John, Dorothea, St. Thomas.
Amphisbaena frontalis
Vanzolini
Amphisbaena frontalis
Vanzolini, 1991c: 368
. TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil
:
Bahia
: Alagoado (09
°
29
̍
S, 41
°
21
̍
W).
Holotype
: MZUSP 72989.
Paratypes
: MZUSP 72990–72997.
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1991c: 348–350). See also
Montero (1997b
,
1997c
, skull), and Rodrigues (1996, distribution). RANGE:
Brazil
;
Bahia
.
Amphisbaena fuliginosa
Linné
Amphisbaena fuliginosa
Linne´, 1758: 229.
Type
locality, ‘‘America’’. Vanzolini 1951a (subspecies).
Amphisbaena fuliginosa
Linne´, 1758: 229. TYPE
LOCALITY
: ‘‘America’’
=
Guianas (cf. Vanzolini, 1951a: 58).
Syntypes
:
Stockholm
Museum,
Uppsala
Museum (Andersson, 1899: 7).
Amphisbaena
vulgaris
Laurenti, 1768: 66. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘America’’.
Holotype
: ‘‘Museo Illustris. Com. Turriana Viennae’’; lost, according to Vanzolini (1951a: 59).
Amphisbaena magnifica
Laurenti, 1768: 66
. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘America’’.
Holotype
: Seba (1743– 1735) specimen; lost.
Amphisbaena flava
Laurenti, 1768: 67
. TYPE LO CALITY: ‘‘America’’.
Holotype
: Seba (1743– 1735) specimen; lost.
Amphisbaena americana
Gray, 1844: 70
. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘
South America
;
Demerara
; Berbice’’.
Lectotype
:
By
present designation, BMNH V.2.1.d:RR1960.1.4.56 (
Berbice
).
Lectoparatypes
: BMNH V.2.1.a:RR1960.1.4.59 (
South America
); BMNH V.2.1.b:RR1960.1.4.57, 38.11.1.21:RR1960.1.4.58 (
Demerara
).
DISCUSSION OF FORM: Vanzolini (1951a:
60). See also Carey (1972, distribution), Cen
drero (1972, distribution), Jared et al. (1998,
cytology),
Rieppel (1979
, musculature), Vaz
Ferreira et al. (1970 and 1973, oviposition),
Villa et al. (1988, distribution), Vitt and De
la Torre (1996, ecology), and West (1975,
ecology).
RANGE: From
Trinidad
to French Guiana.