Amphisbaena kiriri is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to northeastern Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. kiriri
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena kiriri | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, kiriri, refers to the Kiriri, an indigenous tribe of the Brazilian Caatinga.[1]
Geographic range
editDescription
editA. kiriri is dark gray dorsally, and cream-colored ventrally. Furthermore, the first two to three ventral segments are dark gray in color and the remainder ventral segments are cream colored including the ventral portion of the head and the rest of the belly. It has 158–165 body annuli, and two precloacal pores.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Amphisbaena kiriri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
Further reading
edit- Ribeiro, Leonardo B.; Gomides, Samuel C.; Costa, Henrique C. (2018). "A New Species of Amphisbaena from Northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 234–241. (Amphisbaena kiriri, new species).
- Ribeiro, Síria; Sá, Vânia; Santos, Alfredo P., Jr.; Graboski, Roberta; Zaher, Hussam; Guedes, Andrei G.; Andrade, Sheila P.; Vaz-Silva, Wilian (2019). "A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species". Zootaxa 4550 (3): 301–320.
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