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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB2FFD8FF7902EFFA81FF0A" bold="true" box="[151,425,220,246]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
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(
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URCA-H 3540, an adult female collected at
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in straight line to the downtown of Guamaré municipality, state of Rio Grande do Norte (
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,
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), Guamaré municipality, state of Rio Grande do Norte,
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, by Igor J. Roberto on
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of 2011.
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.
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Four adult males (URCA-H 3541-3542, 3544, 3552), two adult females (URCA-H 3543, 3551) and six undetermined sex (URCA-H 3545-3550), all collected from
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, by Lucas B. M. Brito between 0
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/
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, municipality of Guamaré and 0
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,
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, municipality of
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, state of Rio Grande do Norte,
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB2FFD8FF290010FA66FDC7" bold="true" box="[199,334,547,571]" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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, a noun in apposition, means in Latin inhabitant of coastal area, referring to the presence of the species in coastal sand dunes.
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB2FFD8FF290059FA69FD7F" bold="true" box="[199,321,618,643]" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The new species is diagnosable by snout-vent length 248.8 ±
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SVL in males and 257.3 ±
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SVL in females, six precloacal pores, 252264 body annuli, 2022 dorsal and 2124 ventral segments to the midbody annulus (
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). Nasals in broad contact at midline, without fusion of head scales. Three supralabials, third one larger; three infralabials, second the largest. Suture between frontals two times larger than the parietal and nasal sutures. Lateral sulci present, starting on 42th segment, no dorsal or ventral sulci. Tail long with length maximum
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and cylindrical, 3034 tail annuli with autotomy on the 6th tail annuli, rounded tip of the tail.
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB2FFD8FF7901A3FA22FC5B" bold="true" box="[151,266,912,935]" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Meristic and morphometric data of
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<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB71063FFFEEFBDE" box="[1183,1222,1036,1058]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">F</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C063FFE34FBDE" box="[1266,1308,1036,1058]" gridcol="9" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">4.9</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA0063FFE5FFBDE" box="[1358,1399,1036,1058]" gridcol="10" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF710606FE5FFBB7" box="[159,1399,1077,1099]" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF710606FA28FBB7" box="[159,256,1077,1099]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3543</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE0606FA77FBB7" box="[304,351,1077,1099]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">231</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE640606FA9EFBB7" box="[394,438,1077,1099]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">70</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B0606F949FBB7" box="[485,609,1077,1099]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">264</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E0606F82BFBB7" box="[656,771,1077,1099]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC10606F8C2FBB7" box="[815,1002,1077,1099]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">21/24 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF0606FF06FBB7" box="[1041,1070,1077,1099]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB50606FF5AFBB7" box="[1115,1138,1077,1099]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB710606FFEEFBB7" box="[1183,1222,1077,1099]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">F</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C0606FE34FBB7" box="[1266,1308,1077,1099]" gridcol="9" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">5</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA00606FE5FFBB7" box="[1358,1399,1077,1099]" gridcol="10" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF71066CFE5FFB89" box="[159,1399,1119,1141]" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF71066CFA28FB89" box="[159,256,1119,1141]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3541</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE066CFA77FB89" box="[304,351,1119,1141]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">252</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE64066CFA9EFB89" box="[394,438,1119,1141]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">34.8</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B066CF949FB89" box="[485,609,1119,1141]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">256</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E066CF82BFB89" box="[656,771,1119,1141]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">30</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC1066CF8C2FB89" box="[815,1002,1119,1141]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">20/21 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF066CFF06FB89" box="[1041,1070,1119,1141]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB5066CFF5AFB89" box="[1115,1138,1119,1141]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB71066CFFEEFB89" box="[1183,1222,1119,1141]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">M</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C066CFE34FB89" box="[1266,1308,1119,1141]" gridcol="9" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">5</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA0066CFE5FFB89" box="[1358,1399,1119,1141]" gridcol="10" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF7106BBFE5FFB62" box="[159,1399,1160,1182]" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF7106BBFA28FB62" box="[159,256,1160,1182]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3542</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE06BBFA77FB62" box="[304,351,1160,1182]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">258</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B06BBF949FB62" box="[485,609,1160,1182]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">254</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E06BBF82BFB62" box="[656,771,1160,1182]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC106BBF8C2FB62" box="[815,1002,1160,1182]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">20/24 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF06BBFF06FB62" box="[1041,1070,1160,1182]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB506BBFF5AFB62" box="[1115,1138,1160,1182]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB7106BBFFEEFB62" box="[1183,1222,1160,1182]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">M</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C06BBFE34FB62" box="[1266,1308,1160,1182]" gridcol="9" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">4.8</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA006BBFE5FFB62" box="[1358,1399,1160,1182]" gridcol="10" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">7.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF710682FE5FFB3B" box="[159,1399,1201,1223]" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF710682FA28FB3B" box="[159,256,1201,1223]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3544</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE0682FA77FB3B" box="[304,351,1201,1223]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">233</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B0682F949FB3B" box="[485,609,1201,1223]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">256</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E0682F82BFB3B" box="[656,771,1201,1223]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC10682F8C2FB3B" box="[815,1002,1201,1223]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">21/23 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF0682FF06FB3B" box="[1041,1070,1201,1223]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB50682FF5AFB3B" box="[1115,1138,1201,1223]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB710682FFEEFB3B" box="[1183,1222,1201,1223]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">M</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C0682FE34FB3B" box="[1266,1308,1201,1223]" gridcol="9" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">4.2</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA00682FE5FFB3B" box="[1358,1399,1201,1223]" gridcol="10" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">5.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF7106E8FE5FFB0D" box="[159,1399,1243,1265]" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF7106E8FA28FB0D" box="[159,256,1243,1265]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3546</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE06E8FA77FB0D" box="[304,351,1243,1265]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">244</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B06E8F949FB0D" box="[485,609,1243,1265]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">252</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E06E8F82BFB0D" box="[656,771,1243,1265]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC106E8F8C2FB0D" box="[815,1002,1243,1265]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">20/21 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF06E8FF06FB0D" box="[1041,1070,1243,1265]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB506E8FF5AFB0D" box="[1115,1138,1243,1265]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB7106E8FFEEFB0D" box="[1183,1222,1243,1265]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">?</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C06E8FE34FB0D" box="[1266,1308,1243,1265]" gridcol="9" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">5.2</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA006E8FE5FFB0D" box="[1358,1399,1243,1265]" gridcol="10" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF710737FE5FFAE6" box="[159,1399,1284,1306]" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF710737FA28FAE6" box="[159,256,1284,1306]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3552</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE0737FA77FAE6" box="[304,351,1284,1306]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">252</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE640737FA9EFAE6" box="[394,438,1284,1306]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">11.5</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B0737F949FAE6" box="[485,609,1284,1306]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">258</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E0737F82BFAE6" box="[656,771,1284,1306]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC10737F8C2FAE6" box="[815,1002,1284,1306]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">22/23 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF0737FF06FAE6" box="[1041,1070,1284,1306]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB50737FF5AFAE6" box="[1115,1138,1284,1306]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB710737FFEEFAE6" box="[1183,1222,1284,1306]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">M</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C0737FE34FAE6" box="[1266,1308,1284,1306]" gridcol="9" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">4.8</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA00737FE5FFAE6" box="[1358,1399,1284,1306]" gridcol="10" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">7.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB20026FF71071EFE5FFABF" box="[159,1399,1325,1347]" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FF71071EFA28FABF" box="[159,256,1325,1347]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3551</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FEDE071EFA77FABF" box="[304,351,1325,1347]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">278</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FE0B071EF949FABF" box="[485,609,1325,1347]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">252</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FD7E071EF82BFABF" box="[656,771,1325,1347]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">6/autotomy</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FCC1071EF8C2FABF" box="[815,1002,1325,1347]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">20/21 6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBFF071EFF06FABF" box="[1041,1070,1325,1347]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FBB5071EFF5AFABF" box="[1115,1138,1325,1347]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB71071EFFEEFABF" box="[1183,1222,1325,1347]" gridcol="8" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">F</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FB1C071EFE34FABF" box="[1266,1308,1325,1347]" gridcol="9" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">5.8</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB20026FAA0071EFE5FFABF" box="[1358,1399,1325,1347]" gridcol="10" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="168">7.6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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Description of the
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.
</emphasis>
Adult female, body robust, snout-vent length
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, tail length
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. Head not distinct from neck, head length
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and width
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, being narrower than body. Snout rounded and prognathous; rostral scarcely visible in dorsal view, slightly wider than long and in contact with the nasals and first supralabials. Three pair of scales in the top of head (nasal, frontal and parietal), with sutures between parietals longer than frontal and nasals sutures. Frontal and parietal longer than wider and nasal broader than longer. Nostril on the antero-inferior portion of the nasals. Parietal pentagonal; ocular diamond-shapped, with eyes visible and located at antero-dorsal portion of ocular. Three supralabials, third one larger. One postsupralabial smallest than the third supralabial. First supralabial in contact with rostral and nasal and meeting above the frontal, the second supralabial in contact with the frontal and ocular scales, the third in contact with the ocular and second temporal. Three infralabials, second the largest; the first infralabial meeting the shymphysial and post-symphysial, the second in contact with post-symphysial and lateral genial. Symphysial anvil-shapped, post symphysial longer than wider, pentagonal shapped; lateral genials wider than longer; median genial in two rows, with two and six scales. A row of eight postmalars present, eight postgenials; 257 body annuli. Dorsal and ventral sulci absent. Lateral sulci well marked, beginning at 42nd body annulus. There are 20 dorsal and 21 ventral segments. Tail long and cylindrical, 3034 tail annuli with an evident autotomy on the 6th tail annuli, tip of the tail rounded. Six rounded precloacal pores; Cloacal shield semicircular with 8 precloacal scales and 12 postcloacal scales (
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).
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB1FFDBFF790580FA3CF834" bold="true" box="[151,276,1971,1993]" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB1FFDBFEF50580F92AF834" box="[283,514,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="169">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
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(holotype, URCA-H 3540). From top to bottom: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head. Scale bar = 2 mm.
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFF79067BFA3FFBA1" bold="true" box="[151,279,1096,1118]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFECC067BF925FBA1" box="[290,525,1096,1117]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFDF6067BF945FBA1" bold="true" box="[536,621,1096,1117]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(holotype, URCA-H 3540), ventral view of cloacal region, showing the six precloacal pores.
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<paragraph id="167136CAFFB0FFDAFF790490F9A9F924" blockId="3.[151,1436,1699,1752]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFF790490FA3CF944" bold="true" box="[151,276,1699,1721]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
A)
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFED10490F900F944" box="[319,552,1699,1720]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFDDF0490F9ABF944" bold="true" box="[561,643,1699,1720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, live specimen; B) Habitat in which the new species was found in Guamaré municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB0FFDAFF2904CDFF76F8A3" blockId="3.[151,1436,1790,1960]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFF2904CDFA77F8EB" bold="true" box="[199,351,1790,1815]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">Colouration.</emphasis>
Dorsal ground color creamy with center of segments dark brown, ventral colouration creamy, immaculate. Head creamy white with dark brown at center of scales. Tail coloration follows the same pattern as the dorsum, and the last four ventral segments on tail with center dark brown (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB0FFDAFF290559FBD8F85B" blockId="3.[151,1436,1790,1960]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB0FFDAFF290559F931F87F" bold="true" box="[199,537,1898,1923]" pageId="3" pageNumber="170">
Variation within
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series.
</emphasis>
Variations in body and tail counts and morphometric variables are presented in
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.
</paragraph>
<caption id="42B16642FFB7FFDDFF7902ABF9C7FF13" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF7902ABF9C7FF13" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,239]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7902ABFA23FF53" bold="true" box="[151,267,152,175]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Key features of five amphisbaenians distributed in Northeastern Brazil in comparison with
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB1602A4FE5CFF53" box="[1272,1396,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. littoralis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFA9202ABFBEEFF33" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
SVL=Snout-vent length, TL = Tail length, Pores = Precloacal pores, SL = Supralabials, IL = Infralabials, Sulci = Lateral sulci, AS = Autotomic site, PR = Postmalar row.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFE4C0339FF91FEDC" blockId="4.[159,1339,266,578]" box="[418,1209,266,288]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">SVL TL Pores Annuli Segments</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFCAD0307FE4BFB2B" blockId="4.[159,1339,266,578]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,997,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
Body Tail Dorsal Ventral
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF71036EFBC0FE8E" box="[159,232,349,370]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
245810
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198248 1321 3042 3546
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7103B4FA08FE60" box="[159,288,391,412]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
130450
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183220
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913
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF710383FA34FE3A" box="[159,284,432,454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. ignatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
125188
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255263 3236 16 2022
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7103E9FA3AFE12" box="[159,274,473,495]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. littoralis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFEF603EAFA41FE12" bold="true" box="[280,361,473,494]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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231278 3470 6 252264 3034 2022 2124
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF710030FA06FDE4" box="[159,302,515,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbricalis">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF710030FA06FDE4" box="[159,302,515,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
129156
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225247
<date id="6270100AFFB7FFDDFC0F0031FFBEFDE4" box="[993,1174,514,536]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" value="1916-12-20" valueMax="1916-12-26" valueMin="1916-12-20">2026 1216</date>
1620
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF71001FFBD7FDBD" box="[159,255,556,577]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretrei">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF71001FFBD7FDBD" box="[159,255,556,577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. pretrei</emphasis>
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124462
<date id="6270100AFFB7FFDDFDA9001FF828FDBE" box="[583,768,556,578]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" value="1953-05-16" valueMax="1953-09-16" valueMin="1953-05-16">1653 59</date>
231255 2027 2027 2028
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF2901D6FA48FC02" bold="true" box="[199,352,997,1022]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE8701D5F942FC02" box="[361,618,998,1022]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE8701D5F942FC02" box="[361,618,998,1022]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD9C01D5F9E6FC02" bold="true" box="[626,718,998,1022]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
was found in two municipalities at Rio Grande do Norte state: Guamaré and
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(
<figureCitation id="8EF52A4FFFB7FFDDFE630639FAC7FBDF" box="[397,495,1034,1059]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,998,1020]" captionTargetBox="[151,1430,185,976]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,977]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Geographical distribution of Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov. and Amphisbaena heathi in the state of Rio Grande do Norte: Black star—Type locality of Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov. and new distributional record of Amphisbaena heathi, muncipality of Guamaré; Red star—Type locality of Amphisbaena heathi, muncipality of João Camara; Black dot—new distributional record of Amphisbaena heathi and distribution of Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov., Municipality of Macau,; Red dot distribution of Amphisbaena heathi in Freire (1996), Municipality of Natal. Yellow = Caatinga Biome, Light Green = Atlantic Forest, Orange = Cerrado, Dark green = Amazon." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225626/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Figure 4</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFDED0639F82AFBDE" box="[515,770,1034,1058]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDED0639F82AFBDE" box="[515,770,1034,1058]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3F8957A3FFB7FFDDFCE60638F870FBDE" box="[776,856,1035,1058]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" rank="species">sp.nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is found in soft sand at Restinga environments (
<figureCitation id="8EF52A4FFFB7FFDDFA800639FB8DFBBB" captionStart="FIGURE 3. A" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1699,1721]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1198,1677]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1198,1677]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. A) Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov., live specimen; B) Habitat in which the new species was found in Guamaré municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225625/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B), which corresponds with areas of direct marine influence, especially in sand dune formations at the municipality of Guamaré. The species was also found occurring in ecotonal areas of Restinga and Dense Estepic Savana (Caatinga) (sensu
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Veloso
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDF20644F97FFB72" box="[540,599,1142,1166]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">et al.</emphasis>
1991
</bibRefCitation>
), at the municipality of
<collectingCountry id="6ED9765AFFB7FFDDFC540644FF22FB72" box="[954,1034,1143,1166]" name="Macao" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Macau</collectingCountry>
. This region is part of the Coastal tablelands known as “Tabuleiros” composed of the Barreiras Formation and Quaternary sediments (
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Suguio
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFA8C06A8FEB4FB4E" box="[1378,1436,1178,1202]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
). The new species was found in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD0A068DF862FB2A" box="[740,842,1214,1238]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. heathi</emphasis>
Schmidt
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFC0A068CFE4BFB2B" authority="Dumeril." authorityName="Dumeril." box="[996,1379,1214,1239]" class="Squamata" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Leposternon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polystegum">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFC0A068CFFDFFB2A" box="[996,1271,1214,1238]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Leposternon polystegum</emphasis>
Duméril.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF790054FABFFD82" blockId="4.[151,407,615,638]" box="[151,407,615,638]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF790054FA22FD82" bold="true" box="[151,266,615,638]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
(Continued)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFE7000A9FF2EFC54" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
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<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE7000A9FA93FD4C" box="[414,443,666,688]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">SL</th>
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE0100A9F93DFD4C" box="[495,533,666,688]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">IL</th>
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA900A9F953FD4C" box="[583,635,666,688]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Sulci</th>
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D00A9F9DDFD4C" box="[707,757,666,688]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">AS</th>
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<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC6200A9FE04FD4C" box="[908,1324,666,688]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Dorsal Coloration</th>
</tr>
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<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF7100F0FA41FD25" box="[159,361,707,729]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF7100F7FBC0FD24" box="[159,232,707,729]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7100F7FBC0FD24" box="[159,232,707,729]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE7000F0FA93FD25" box="[414,443,707,729]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">4</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE0100F0F93DFD25" box="[495,533,707,729]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
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<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA00F0F87EFD25" box="[820,854,707,729]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">yes</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC6200F0FE04FD25" box="[908,1324,707,729]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Dark brown</td>
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<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF7100DEFA41FCFF" box="[159,361,749,771]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7100DEFA08FCFE" box="[159,288,749,770]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
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<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE7000DEFA93FCFF" box="[414,443,749,771]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
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<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA900DEF953FCFF" box="[583,635,749,771]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">?</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D00DEF9DDFCFF" box="[707,757,749,771]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">46</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA00DEF87EFCFF" box="[820,854,749,771]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">?</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC6200DEFE04FCFF" box="[908,1324,749,771]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Checkered black and white</td>
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<tr id="A8FE3488FFB70026FF710125FE04FCD0" box="[159,1324,790,812]" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF710125FA41FCD0" box="[159,361,790,812]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF710124FA34FCD0" box="[159,284,791,812]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ignatiana">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF710124FA34FCD0" box="[159,284,791,812]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. ignatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE700125FA93FCD0" box="[414,443,790,812]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">4</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE010125F93DFCD0" box="[495,533,790,812]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA90125F953FCD0" box="[583,635,790,812]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">48</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D0125F9DDFCD0" box="[707,757,790,812]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA0125F87EFCD0" box="[820,854,790,812]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">yes</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC620125FE04FCD0" box="[908,1324,790,812]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Brown with light sutures</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB70026FF71010CFE04FCA9" box="[159,1324,831,853]" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF71010CFA41FCA9" box="[159,361,831,853]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF710173FA3AFCA9" box="[159,274,832,853]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF710173FA3AFCA9" box="[159,274,832,853]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3F8957A3FFB7FFDDFEF60173FA41FCA9" box="[280,361,832,853]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" rank="species">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFEF60173FA41FCA9" bold="true" box="[280,361,832,853]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE70010CFA93FCA9" box="[414,443,831,853]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE01010CF93DFCA9" box="[495,533,831,853]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA9010CF953FCA9" box="[583,635,831,853]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">42</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D010CF9DDFCA9" box="[707,757,831,853]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">6</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA010CF87EFCA9" box="[820,854,831,853]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">yes</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC62010CFE04FCA9" box="[908,1324,831,853]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Creamy with center of scales dark brown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB70026FF71015AFE04FC83" box="[159,1324,873,895]" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF71015AFA41FC83" box="[159,361,873,895]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF71015AFA06FC82" box="[159,302,873,894]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbricalis">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF71015AFA06FC82" box="[159,302,873,894]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE70015AFA93FC83" box="[414,443,873,895]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE01015AF93DFC83" box="[495,533,873,895]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA9015AF953FC83" box="[583,635,873,895]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">?</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D015AF9DDFC83" box="[707,757,873,895]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">610</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA015AF87EFC83" box="[820,854,873,895]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">no</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC62015AFE04FC83" box="[908,1324,873,895]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Reddish brown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A8FE3488FFB70026FF7101A1FE04FC54" box="[159,1324,914,936]" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<th id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FF7101A1FA41FC54" box="[159,361,914,936]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF7101A0FBD7FC54" box="[159,255,915,936]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretrei">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7101A0FBD7FC54" box="[159,255,915,936]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. pretrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE7001A1FA93FC54" box="[414,443,914,936]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FE0101A1F93DFC54" box="[495,533,914,936]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">3</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FDA901A1F953FC54" box="[583,635,914,936]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">40</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FD2D01A1F9DDFC54" box="[707,757,914,936]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">57</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FCDA01A1F87EFC54" box="[820,854,914,936]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">yes</td>
<td id="EB2F5DF4FFB70026FC6201A1FE04FC54" box="[908,1324,914,936]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Dark brown</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF2906D2F9BEFA2F" blockId="4.[151,1436,997,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF2906D2F94FFB06" bold="true" box="[199,615,1249,1274]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Comparisons with other species.</emphasis>
By possessing six precloacal pores, the new species is promptly distinguished from all congeners except 11 species:
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFD320735FF36FAE3" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" box="[732,1054,1286,1311]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD320735F886FAE2" box="[732,942,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena alba</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFBC70735FE30FAE3" authority="Cope" authorityName="Cope" box="[1065,1304,1286,1311]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustifrons">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFBC70735FFFBFAE2" box="[1065,1235,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. angustifrons</emphasis>
Cope
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFACD0735FBDEFABE" authority="Mertens" authorityName="Mertens" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bolivica">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFACD0735FEB4FAE2" box="[1315,1436,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. bolivica</emphasis>
Mertens
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFEE70718FAFBFABF" authority="Cope" authorityName="Cope" box="[265,467,1323,1347]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="camura">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFEE70718FAAEFABE" box="[265,390,1323,1346]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. camura</emphasis>
Cope
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE080718F9DEFABF" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" box="[486,758,1322,1347]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosa">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE080718F955FABE" box="[486,637,1322,1346]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFCE70718FF62FABF" authority="Burmeister" authorityName="Burmeister" box="[777,1098,1322,1347]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterozonata">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFCE70718F8EAFABE" box="[777,962,1322,1346]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. heterozonata</emphasis>
Burmeister
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB8E0718FE45FABF" authority="Vanzolini" authorityName="Vanzolini" box="[1120,1389,1322,1347]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ignatiana">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB8E0718FFDCFABE" box="[1120,1268,1323,1346]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. ignatiana</emphasis>
Vanzolini
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFA6A0718FAA7FA9B" authority="Vanzolini" authorityName="Vanzolini" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbricalis">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFA6A0718FA3FFA9A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
Vanzolini
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE72077DF9A8FA9B" authority="Strauch" authorityName="Strauch" box="[412,640,1358,1383]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE72077DF937FA9A" box="[412,543,1358,1382]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. mertensi</emphasis>
Strauch
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFD60077DF8CBFA9B" authority="Dumeril &amp; Bribon" authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bribon" box="[654,995,1358,1383]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretrei">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD60077DF9D2FA9A" box="[654,762,1358,1382]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. pretrei</emphasis>
Duméril &amp; Bribon
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFBCB077DFEBFFA9A" authority="Ruthven. However" authorityName="Ruthven. However" box="[1061,1431,1358,1383]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFBCB077DFF9DFA9A" box="[1061,1205,1358,1382]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. stejnegeri</emphasis>
Ruthven. However
</taxonomicName>
, nine of these species have a variable number of precloacal pores:
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFC980741FF6FFA76" box="[886,1095,1394,1418]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFC980741FF6FFA76" box="[886,1095,1394,1418]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(410),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB490740FE79FA76" box="[1191,1361,1394,1418]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustifrons">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB490740FE79FA76" box="[1191,1361,1394,1418]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. angustifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(36),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFF7907A5FA39FA52" box="[151,273,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bolivica">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFF7907A5FA39FA52" box="[151,273,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. bolivica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(36),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE8B07A5FAF3FA52" box="[357,475,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="camura">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE8B07A5FAF3FA52" box="[357,475,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. camura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(36),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFDC107A5F9E8FA52" box="[559,704,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosa">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDC107A5F9E8FA52" box="[559,704,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(610),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFCCC07A5F8FBFA52" box="[802,979,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterozonata">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFCCC07A5F8FBFA52" box="[802,979,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. heterozonata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(26),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFBC907A5FFEEFA52" box="[1063,1222,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbricalis">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFBC907A5FFEEFA52" box="[1063,1222,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(26),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFAF507A5FEB4FA52" box="[1307,1436,1430,1454]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFAF507A5FEB4FA52" box="[1307,1436,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. mertensi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(68), and
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFEFF0788FA52FA2E" box="[273,378,1467,1490]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretrei">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFEFF0788FA52FA2E" box="[273,378,1467,1490]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. pretrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(59) (
<bibRefCitation id="725F4B3BFFB7FFDDFE220789F9A2FA2F" author="Vanzolini" box="[460,650,1466,1491]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" refString="Vanzolini, P. E. (2002 a) An aid to the identification of the south American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 42 (15), 351 - 362. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0031 - 10492002001500001" type="journal article" year="2002" yearSuffix="a">Vanzolini 2002a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF2907ECFE3BF90F" blockId="4.[151,1436,997,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
By the distribution associated with Restinga habitat in Northeastern
<collectingCountry id="6ED9765AFFB7FFDDFC5007EDFF2DFA0B" box="[958,1029,1502,1527]" name="Brazil" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Brazil</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFBFE07EDFE38FA0A" box="[1040,1296,1502,1526]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFBFE07EDFE38FA0A" box="[1040,1296,1502,1526]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3F8957A3FFB7FFDDFAF807EDFE47FA0A" box="[1302,1391,1502,1526]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" rank="species">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFAF807EDFE47FA0A" bold="true" box="[1302,1391,1502,1526]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE730430F963F9E6" box="[413,587,1538,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustifrons">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE730430F963F9E6" box="[413,587,1538,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. angustifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFDB30430F839F9E6" box="[605,785,1538,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterozonata">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDB30430F946F9E6" box="[605,622,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD6E0431F839F9E6" box="[640,785,1538,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">heterozonata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFCCD0430F8B7F9E6" box="[803,927,1538,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bolivica">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFCCD0430F8B7F9E6" box="[803,927,1538,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. bolivica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFC5F0430FF01F9E6" box="[945,1065,1539,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="camura">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFC5F0430FF01F9E6" box="[945,1065,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. camura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFBD20430FFE4F9E6" box="[1084,1228,1539,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFBD20430FFE4F9E6" box="[1084,1228,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. stejnegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFAFC0430FEBCF9E6" box="[1298,1428,1539,1562]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFAFC0430FEBCF9E6" box="[1298,1428,1539,1562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. mertensi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which are distributed in
<collectingCountry id="6ED9765AFFB7FFDDFE540415F904F9C3" box="[442,556,1574,1599]" name="Argentina" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Argentina</collectingCountry>
,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="6ED9765AFFB7FFDDFCE50414F85BF9C3" box="[779,883,1575,1599]" name="Paraguay" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
and central and southeastern
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(
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). Besides geographic distribution, the new species can be differentiated by having body annuli higher than 250 and tail annuli higher than 30 from
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD9F045CF835F97A" box="[625,797,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. angustifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(tail annuli 1826;
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),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB38045CFE79F97A" box="[1238,1361,1646,1670]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bolivica">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB38045CFE79F97A" box="[1238,1361,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. bolivica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body annuli 200231; tail annuli 1826;
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),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFCCC04A0F8B5F956" box="[802,925,1683,1706]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="camura">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFCCC04A0F8B5F956" box="[802,925,1683,1706]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. camura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body annuli 188206; tail annuli 1419;
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),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFE860484F932F932" box="[360,538,1718,1742]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterozonata">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFE860484F932F932" box="[360,538,1718,1742]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. heterozonata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body annuli 190207; tail annuli 1317;
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),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB3F0484FE7AF932" box="[1233,1362,1719,1742]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB3F0484FE7AF932" box="[1233,1362,1719,1742]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. mertensi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body annuli 210250; tail annuli 2531;
<bibRefCitation id="725F4B3BFFB7FFDDFDCF04E8F9B6F90F" author="Gans" box="[545,670,1754,1779]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" refString="Gans, C. (1966) Redescription of Amphisbaena mertensi, with comments on its geographic variation and synonymy (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Copeia, 1966 (3), 534 - 548. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1441079" type="journal article" year="1966">Gans 1966</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFD5F04E8F816F90E" box="[689,830,1755,1778]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stejnegeri">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD5F04E8F816F90E" box="[689,830,1755,1778]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. stejnegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body annuli 243247;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF2904CDFA25F8A3" blockId="4.[151,1436,997,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
The remaining five species (
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDED04CDF97BF8EA" box="[515,595,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFD8F04CDF9C7F8EA" box="[609,751,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuliginosa">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD8F04CDF9C7F8EA" box="[609,751,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFD1204CDF8AEF8EA" box="[764,902,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ignatiana">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFD1204CDF8AEF8EA" box="[764,902,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. ignatiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFC7A04CDFF1AF8EA" box="[916,1074,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumbricalis">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFC7A04CDFF1AF8EA" box="[916,1074,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB8904CDFFE7F8EA" box="[1127,1231,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pretrei">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB8904CDFFE7F8EA" box="[1127,1231,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. pretrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are distributed in Northeastern
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, and the key characteristics distinguishing the new species from these can be found bellow and in
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="167136CAFFB7FFDDFF290559FA8DF813" blockId="4.[151,1436,997,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">
The new species differs from
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFDC80559F9D3F87E" box="[550,763,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">Amphisbaena alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by possessing an autotomic site (absent in
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB7FFDDFB120558FE78F87E" box="[1276,1360,1898,1922]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="171" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB120558FE78F87E" box="[1276,1360,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Gans 1962), smaller snout-vent length (snout-vent length
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in
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFC5205BDFF39F85A" box="[956,1041,1934,1958]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
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;
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), and by having higher body annuli and tail annuli counts (body annuli 198248 and tail annuli
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB7FFDDFB130580FE78F836" box="[1277,1360,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="171">A. alba</emphasis>
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; Gans 1962;
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="167136CAFFB6FFDCFF7901D5F9CFFB69" blockId="5.[151,1436,998,1173]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFF7901D5FA3CFC07" bold="true" box="[151,276,998,1020]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Geographical distribution of
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB6FFDCFDAA01D5F804FC07" box="[580,812,998,1019]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFDAA01D5F804FC07" box="[580,812,998,1019]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFCDA01D4F8ADFC00" bold="true" box="[820,901,999,1020]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFC5701D5FFA1FC07" box="[953,1161,998,1019]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena heathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the state of Rio Grande do Norte: Black star—Type locality of
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFDC40636F83AFBE6" box="[554,786,1029,1050]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3F8957A3FFB6FFDCFCF40636F844FBE6" box="[794,876,1029,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" rank="species">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFCF40636F844FBE6" bold="true" box="[794,876,1029,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and new distributional record of
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFB2B0636FEBDFBE6" box="[1221,1429,1029,1050]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena heathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, muncipality of Guamaré; Red star—Type locality of
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB6FFDCFD210610F88BFBC4" box="[719,931,1059,1080]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heathi">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFD210610F88BFBC4" box="[719,931,1059,1080]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena heathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, muncipality of João Camara; Black dot—new distributional record of
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFE670671F971FBAB" box="[393,601,1090,1111]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena heathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and distribution of
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB6FFDCFCCA0671FF25FBAB" box="[804,1037,1090,1111]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoralis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFCCA0671FF25FBAB" box="[804,1037,1090,1111]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFBFA0671FF4DFBAB" bold="true" box="[1044,1125,1090,1111]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, Municipality of Macau,; Red dot distribution of
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFE870652F912FB8A" box="[361,570,1121,1142]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">Amphisbaena heathi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Freire (1996), Municipality of Natal. Yellow = Caatinga Biome, Light Green = Atlantic Forest, Orange = Cerrado, Dark green = Amazon.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="167136CAFFB6FFDCFF7905A6FAC4F835" blockId="5.[151,1436,1940,1993]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB6FFDCFF7905A6FA3EF856" bold="true" box="[151,278,1941,1963]" pageId="5" pageNumber="172">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Holotype of
<taxonomicName id="D1CE4D49FFB6FFDCFE4605A7F91BF856" box="[424,563,1940,1962]" class="Reptilia" family="Amphisbaenidae" genus="Amphisbaena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="172" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Amphisbaena</taxonomicName>
ignatina (MZUSP 72616) (left) and paratype of
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(URCA-H 3541) (right). Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="167136CAFFB5FFDFFF2902ABF803FE99" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1077]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFF2902ABFAE2FF4C" box="[199,458,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">Amphisbaena littoralis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
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by the higher number of body annuli ranging from 252264 (body annuli
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;
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), and by tail annuli higher than 30 (tail annuli
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;
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). The new species also have a smaller snout-vent and attain a higher tail length (snout-vent length
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and tail length
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;
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). The parietals are also longer than larger and the rostral is not visible from above in
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFCFC031BF8BCFEBC" box="[786,916,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. littoralis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFC73031BF8D1FEBC" bold="true" box="[925,1017,296,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, while in
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFB9F031BFFF4FEC3" box="[1137,1244,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. pretrei</emphasis>
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the parietals are larger than longer and the rostral are visible in dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFE220343F90EFE74" bold="true" box="[460,550,368,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has a dorsal color creamy, 252264 body annuli and 3034 tail annuli, whereas
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFF7903A7FA0FFE50" box="[151,295,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. fuliginosa</emphasis>
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have a checkered black and white coloration, 190220 body annuli and 2330 tail annuli (
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). According to
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five subspecies of
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are recognized (besides some authors have been considered then as full species (see
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,
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Ribeiro
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. 2008
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):
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFC1103EFFF9BFE08" box="[1023,1203,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. f. amazonica</emphasis>
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,
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,
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A. f.
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</emphasis>
,
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and
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. Three of these (
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,
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A. f.
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</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFB850033FFF3FDEB" box="[1131,1243,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. f. varia</emphasis>
) have precloacal pores 610, but are distributed in the upper Amazon. The remaining two subspecies (
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFB940017FE06FDC0" box="[1146,1326,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. f. amazonica</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFA850017FBFBFD9C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. f. wiedi</emphasis>
) have been reported in Northeastern
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, but have 810 precloacal pores (
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;
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).
</paragraph>
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From
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFEE5005FFA82FD78" box="[267,426,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
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the new species is differentiated by the body annuli higher than 250 and tail annuli higher than 30 (225247 body annuli and 2026 tail annuli in
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFCCC00A3F8EBFD54" box="[802,963,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. lumbricalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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). The new species also have 2022 dorsal and 2124 ventral segments to the midbody annulus, presence of a postmalar row and have a robust body, attaining higher size
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SVL, tail length
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, whereas
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SVL (
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).
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Finally, from
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, the new species is separated by possessing 3 supralabials, 2022 dorsal and 2124 ventral segments to the midbody annulus, a row of 8 postmalar and 12 postcloacal scales (4 supralabials, 16 dorsal and 2022 ventral segments to the midbody annulus, a row of 9 postmalar and 16 postcloacal scales in
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<emphasis id="24BAEAD8FFB5FFDFFE6D0183F926FC3B" box="[387,526,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="173">A. ignatiana</emphasis>
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;
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). Also, the new species has a robust body (
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), and attains higher size, the snout-vent length
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SVL, tail length
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and head width
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, whereas
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have a slender body, snout-vent length
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, tail length
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and head width
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(
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).
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