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<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD1A8037ED14DB6FD752AAA" authority="Boettger 1885" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1885" box="[151,670,978,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocingulata">
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037ED14DB6FE012AAA" bold="true" box="[151,490,978,1004]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD1A8037FB74DB6FD752AAA" author="Boettger" box="[497,670,978,1004]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Boettger, O. (1885) Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay. Zeitschrift der Naturwissenschaft, ser. 4, 58 (3), 213 - 248." type="journal article" year="1885">Boettger 1885</bibRefCitation>
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(
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and
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A–C)
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037ED14A59FE5F2D15" box="[151,436,1085,1107]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
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.
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locality: ‘‘
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, merid. Amer.’’
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<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD1A8037ED14A38FE782D34" box="[151,403,1116,1138]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prunicolor">Amphisbaena prunicolor</taxonomicName>
albocingulata—
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: 248
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.
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037ED14A1EFE5F2DD6" box="[151,436,1146,1168]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
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—
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<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD1A8037F8B4A1EFD812DD6" author="Vanzolini" box="[461,618,1146,1168]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Vanzolini, P. E. (2002) An aid to the identification of the South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, 42 (15), 351 - 362." type="journal article" year="2002">Vanzolini 2002</bibRefCitation>
: 352
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.
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.
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6660 (former
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or
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6660;
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) from
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, without precise data collection, collected by H. Rohde (specimen examined by photographies). Specimen in good condition. According to
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD1A8037B7D4A86FF0D2C5B" author="Boettger" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refString="Boettger, O. (1885) Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay. Zeitschrift der Naturwissenschaft, ser. 4, 58 (3), 213 - 248." type="journal article" year="1885">Boettger (1885)</bibRefCitation>
: total length
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; tail length
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; head length
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; body annuli 190; caudal annuli 27. Uniform light brown body colouration.
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037E814B29FED12C20" bold="true" box="[199,314,1357,1382]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037F0A4B29FD602C23" box="[332,651,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037D9D4B29FB982C23" box="[987,1139,1357,1381]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena</emphasis>
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species by the following combination of characters: (1) rounded snout; (2) nasal shields in contact on the dorsal portion of head; (3) caudal autotomy externally visible; (4) plain segments in the tip of the tail; (5) four precloacal pores; (6) 3/3 supralabial and 3/3 infralabial shields; (7) 190–204 body annuli; (8) 24–27 caudal annuli; (9) 12–14 dorsal and 16–18 ventral segments in the midbody annulus; (10) absence of the postmalar row.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037E814865FE8E2F5C" bold="true" box="[199,357,1537,1562]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Comparison.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037F2A4865FD452F5F" box="[364,686,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the species in the
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037AF44865FAC02F5F" box="[1202,1323,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. darwini</emphasis>
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complex, except from
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<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD1A8037F684841FE392F7B" box="[302,466,1573,1597]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricauda">A. nigricauda</taxonomicName>
,
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mainly by the absence of the posmalar row (vs. presence of posmalar row). It is distinguished from
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by having 190–204 body annuli (vs. 222–226 body annuli). Differs from the species formerly considered belonging to the genus
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by having a rounded-head (vs. keeled-head). Differs from
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by having caudal autotomy (vs. lacking of caudal autotomy). Differs from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037B4048F5FA9D2FEF" box="[1286,1398,1681,1705]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. leeseri</emphasis>
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by having four precloacal pores (vs. two precloacal pores). Differs from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037D8248D1FBA12F8B" box="[964,1098,1717,1741]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. trachura</emphasis>
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by having plain segments in the tip of the tail (vs. tuberculated segments). Differ from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037D0348BDFC102FB7" box="[837,1019,1753,1777]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. heterozonata</emphasis>
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by having 19–24 caudal anulli (vs. 15–18 caudal anulli). Differ from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037C5F4899FD922E53" box="[537,633,1789,1813]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. hogei</emphasis>
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by having 24–27 caudal anulli (vs. 15–19 caudal annuli). Differs from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037ED14945FEE52E7F" box="[151,270,1825,1849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. munoai</emphasis>
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by having the anterior portion of the head smooth (vs. concavity in the anterior portion of the head) and squared-shaped frontal shields when considered together (vs. diamond-shaped). Differs from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037AB84921FA9C2E1B" box="[1278,1399,1861,1885]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. darwini</emphasis>
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by having frontal and parietal shields with similar size (vs. frontal shields much larger than parietal shields). It also differs from
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD1A8037F6D49E9FE2C2EE3" box="[299,455,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. prunicolor</emphasis>
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by having ventral uniform brown colouration pattern (vs. venter light checkerboard colouration pattern).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD0A8027ED14A3DFECF2D29" bold="true" box="[151,292,1113,1136]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of the body (A) and dorsal (B), lateral (C) and ventral (D) views of the head of holotype of
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD0A8027ED14A1CFE5F2DC8" box="[151,436,1144,1166]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(ZISP 6660). Photos by M. Konstantin (ZIN).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="BDF6A996FFD0A8007E814AD1FCF22AA9" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="description">
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD0A8027E814AD1FEBF2C7F" blockId="13.[151,1437,1205,1985]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD0A8027E814AD1FEB22D88" bold="true" box="[199,345,1205,1230]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description.</emphasis>
(
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A–C) Slim, small-sized species. Snout-vent length 121.0–138.0 mm (mean =
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; SD = 8.5; n = 4), caudal length
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(mean = 18.0 mm; SD = 1.8; n = 3). Total length
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(mean =
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; SD = 8.9; n = 3). Head elongated, representing 3.3–3.6% of snout-vent length (mean = 3.4; SD = 0.1; n = 4).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD0A8027E814B21FABE2C8F" blockId="13.[151,1437,1205,1985]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Rostral shield triangular, barely visible in dorsal view, contacting first supralabial latero-posteriorly and nasals posteriorly. One pair of quadrangular nasal shields, together with rostral, constituting anterior face of snout. Suture between nasal shields representing 15.0–19.8% of head length (mean = 17.4; SD = 2.0; n = 4). Nasal shields contact the first supralabials laterally and prefrontals posteriorly. Nostrils placed in the antero-lateral portion of shields.</paragraph>
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One pair of prefrontal shields enlarged, representing 32.9–34.6% of head length (mean = 33.7; SD = 0.7; n = 4) and 35.4–38.6% of head width (mean = 36.8; SD = 1.6; n = 4); prefrontal contacting second supralabial and ocular shield laterally and frontals posteriorly. One pair of frontal shields small, representing 27.6–32.1% of head length (mean = 30.2; SD = 2.0; n = 4) and 26.4–30.3% of head width (mean = 27.5; SD = 1.9; n = 4); frontal contacting postocular shields and dorsal angle of ocular shields laterally and parietals posteriorly. Eight parietal shields, centrals being pentagonal, with length equivalent to frontal shields (frontal length: mean =
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; SD = 0.05; parietal length: mean =
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; SD = 0.03). Other parietal shields quadrangular, contacting postocular and postlabial shields anteriorly, and occipital row posteriorly. Widened and quadrangular occipital shields, having different shape compared to body shields.
</paragraph>
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Ocular shield rhomboid, contacting postocular posteriorly, and second and third supralabials ventrally. Postocular with similar size of ocular shields (postocular length: mean =
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; SD = 0.04; postocular width: mean =
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; SD = 0.09; ocular legth: mean =
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; SD = 0.09; ocular width: mean =
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; SD = 0.08). Temporal quadrangular, small, contacting postlabials shield in latero-ventral portion and third supralabial anteriorly. Ventral line sequence of shields comprise postocular, temporal and postlabial, forming first body annulus.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD3A8017ED149CAFCB42EAE" blockId="14.[151,1437,1966,2024]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD3A8017ED149CAFEF52E82" bold="true" box="[151,286,1966,1989]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD3A8017CF749CBFC262E83" box="[689,973,1967,1989]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
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(A–C) and
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD3A8017A0249D4FB262E83" box="[1092,1229,1967,1989]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. prunicolor</emphasis>
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(D–F), respectively. A,C: MHNP 6094; B: MHNP 4316; D–F: CHUFSC 943. Scale 2 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814EF3FDFC2822" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Three supralabial shields. First triangular and smaller than others. Second and third higher than first, second having width similar to the first. Third shield pentagonal, wider than others, contacting postlabial posteriorly. Three infralabial shields. First quadrangular, contacting mental and postmental laterally, and second infralabial posteriorly. Second infralabial being wider and higher than others, contacting postmental and malar laterally, and third infralabial posteriorly. Third infralabial elongated and rectangular, as long as wide, contacting malar laterally and first body annulus posteriorly.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814F0BFAC92B19" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Mental shield trapezoidal, small, representing 24.2–27.9% of ventral head length (mean = 26.7; SD = 2.1; n = 3), contacting postmental shield posteriorly. Postmental shield elongated and heptagonal, representing 41.4–45.1% of ventral head length (mean = 43.4; SD = 1.9; n = 3), contacting postgenial shields posteriorly. Presence of one or two rows of postgenial shields. The first postgenial row composed by two to three diamond-shaped shields. Second row of postgenial shields composed by three or four small, rounded shields, contacting laterally malar shields. One pair of malar shields trapezoidal, with internal line 39.8–54.6% longer than external line (mean = 46.1; SD = 7.7; n = 3), contacting first body annulus posteriorly. Postmalars row absent, replaced by the first body annuli.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814C0BFE8D2A19" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Body annuli 190–204 (mean = 197.8; SD = 5.5; n = 5). Lateral sulcus visible from 20th body annulus to cloacal shields. Dorsal segments of midbody annulus 12–14 (mean = 12.5; SD = 1.0; n = 4). Ventral segments of midbody annulus 16–18 (mean = 17.7; SD = 1.3; n = 4), centrals being wider than others. Caudal annuli 24–27 (mean = 25.5; SD = 1.3; n = 4), caudal autotomy plan evident on the eighth or ninth annulus. Segments from tip of the tail plain. Segments of fourth caudal annulus 22–25 (mean = 23.8; SD = 1.5; n = 3). Four precloacal pores, sequentially arranged in posterior portion of the last ventral annulus. Cloacal shield with 6–7 precloacal scales and 9–10 postcloacal scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814D0EFCF22AA9" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007E814D0EFEB52AC5" bold="true" box="[199,350,874,899]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Colouration.</emphasis>
Preserved specimens have nearly uniform pale brown colouration. Dorsally, brown colour increases slightly in intensity from head to tail. Ventrally, brown colouration more intense laterally, becoming faint on the mid-ventral line and head. On the tail, the colouration becomes darker. The cloacal shield may or may not be brown pigmented. Pigmentation uniform on each shields.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BDF6A996FFD2A8007E814D9EFACA2F4C" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814D9EFE982DE4" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007E814D9EFE8B2D55" bold="true" box="[199,352,1018,1043]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Distribution.</emphasis>
Distributed in
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007C4F4D9FFD992D55" box="[521,626,1019,1043]" name="Paraguay" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
, in Central and Paraguari departments (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD2A8007AF54D9EFAD42D54" author="Gans" box="[1203,1343,1018,1042]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gans, C. (1966) Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) 3. The small species from southern South America commonly identified as Amphisbaena darwini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 134 (3), 185 - 260." type="journal article" year="1966">Gans (1966)</bibRefCitation>
provide photographies of the specimen registered to Asunción (MZUT 985—Museo di Zoologia della Università di Torino,
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007ED14A26FF252D1C" box="[151,206,1090,1114]" name="Italy" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Italy</collectingCountry>
), allowing its identification as
<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD2A8007C6B4A27FC822D1D" box="[557,873,1091,1115]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocingulata">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007C6B4A27FC822D1D" box="[557,873,1091,1115]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The records for Rio Apa (IMZUT 964A–964C), the northern portion of the distribution in
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007CCB4A0CFD1D2DC6" box="[653,758,1128,1152]" name="Paraguay" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
, could not be confirmed because we cannot examine the voucher specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814ACBFC162CD9" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD2A8007E814ACBFEBE2D81" author="Gans" box="[199,341,1199,1223]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gans, C. (1966) Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) 3. The small species from southern South America commonly identified as Amphisbaena darwini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 134 (3), 185 - 260." type="journal article" year="1966">Gans (1966)</bibRefCitation>
recorded a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD2A8007C3F4ACBFC532D81" box="[633,952,1199,1223]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocingulata">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007C3F4ACBFC532D81" box="[633,952,1199,1223]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from his private collection (GC 2808) to
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007ED14AB6FF1A2DAC" box="[151,241,1234,1258]" name="Brazil" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Brasília</collectingCountry>
, Distrito Federal,
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007F854AB6FDE02DAC" box="[451,523,1234,1258]" name="Brazil" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Brazil</collectingCountry>
. However, the author has indicated, in the same study, that the veracity of this record is uncertain. Currently this specimen is deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago,
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007ED14B7EFEC52C74" box="[151,302,1306,1330]" name="United States of America" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">United States</collectingCountry>
(FMNH 264994), and the voucher data says ‘1963, Gift of zoo’. Considering the uncertainty about the record, the distance from the locality to others and the lack of subsequent records of this species in the vicinity, we suggest that the record of
<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD2A8007FBB4B07FCD52C3D" box="[509,830,1379,1403]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocingulata">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007FBB4B07FCD52C3D" box="[509,830,1379,1403]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007D2D4B06FC292C3C" box="[875,962,1378,1402]" name="Brazil" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Brasília</collectingCountry>
might be an error of precedence of the specimen. Therefore, the occurrence of the species in
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007CB44BE3FCDD2CD9" box="[754,822,1415,1439]" name="Brazil" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Brazil</collectingCountry>
is not confirmed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814BCEFACA2F4C" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD2A8007E814BCEFEBF2C84" author="Gans" box="[199,340,1450,1474]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Gans, C. (1966) Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) 3. The small species from southern South America commonly identified as Amphisbaena darwini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 134 (3), 185 - 260." type="journal article" year="1966">Gans (1966)</bibRefCitation>
also registered a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD2A8007CF04BCFFC1F2C85" box="[694,1012,1451,1475]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocingulata">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007CF04BCFFC1F2C85" box="[694,1012,1451,1475]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Museo
<collectingCountry id="8DFBBA8DFFD2A8007ADB4BCEFAE52C84" box="[1181,1294,1450,1474]" name="Argentina" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Argentino</collectingCountry>
de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN 17840). This specimen was analysed in the present study and reidentified as
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007F614B97FDB32F4D" box="[295,600,1523,1547]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena heterozonata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This were the only record of
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007DED4B97FB8D2F4D" box="[939,1126,1523,1547]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. albocingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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.
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<subSubSection id="BDF6A996FFD2A8007E814872FD832E99" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="F553FA1DFFD2A8007E814872FD832E99" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007E814872FEA42F69" bold="true" box="[199,335,1558,1583]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Comments.</emphasis>
On the original description of
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007CFA4873FC102F69" box="[700,1019,1559,1583]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amphisbaena albocingulata</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="917D87ECFFD2A8007A4A487CFB292F69" author="Boettger" box="[1036,1218,1559,1584]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" refString="Boettger, O. (1885) Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay. Zeitschrift der Naturwissenschaft, ser. 4, 58 (3), 213 - 248." type="journal article" year="1885">Boettger (1885)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
suggested that the specimen could be a juvenile of
<taxonomicName id="32EC819EFFD2A8007C5B485FFD732F15" box="[541,664,1595,1619]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darwini">
<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007C5B485FFD732F15" box="[541,664,1595,1619]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. darwini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The author referred to it as a new species because it presents a preocular shield on the left side of the head and two pairs of frontonasorostrals shields. In the present study, we considered the left preocular shield as an individual variation, because other variations in shape and number of shields on the left side of the specimen were observed. Besides, the preocular shield was not observed in any other specimen analysed. Additionally, on the species description, it was defined that both pairs of frontonasorostrals observed on the
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would be equivalent in shape and size to the single pair present in
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. Analysing head scutellation of
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<emphasis id="C798260FFFD2A8007F3D4977FDDC2E6D" box="[379,567,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. albocingulata</emphasis>
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, we consider the term frontonasorostral as a synonym of prefrontal, which is the nomenclature currently in use. We observed that the first pair of shields, which the author refers to in the
<typeStatus id="2A5744BFFFD2A8007ED1493EFF172E34" box="[151,252,1882,1906]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, doesn’t represent two complete shields once their sutures do not meet at the centre of the head. Based on this observation, we considered the presence of only one pair of prefrontals (= frontonasorostral). The
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has no cuts in the ventral body region, indicating that there was an analysis of the gonads and there is no record in the literature on age and sex of the specimen.
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