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Issue: Vol. 5496 No. 1: 16 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.1.3
Page range: 72-88
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Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 is a synonym of Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Centro de Biociências; Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia; Laboratório de Herpetologia e Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente; Campus Universitário; Lagoa Nova; 59078-970 Natal; RN; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Museu Nacional; Departamento de Vertebrados; Quinta da Boa Vista; São Cristóvão; 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Centro de Biociências; Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia; Laboratório de Herpetologia e Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente; Campus Universitário; Lagoa Nova; 59078-970 Natal; RN; Brazil
Reptilia Amphisbaenia Amphisbaena lumbricalis Caatinga Carvalho’s worm lizard

Abstract

We reassessed the type-series of Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 and Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965, two small amphisbaenid species from northeastern Brazil, to evaluate the characters used to diagnose and distinguish them, and compared these data with additional specimens from four new localities. We found broadly overlapping ranges of the diagnostic characters, and no morphological traits that could support differences between A. carvalhoi and A. lumbricalis. Based on the morphological similarities, and the overlapping distribution ranges of both species, we consider A. lumbricalis as a junior synonym of A. carvalhoi. We provide updated data on intraspecific variation in the diagnostic characters of A. carvalhoi.

 

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