Amphisbaena kiriri is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to northeastern Brazil.

Amphisbaena kiriri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. kiriri
Binomial name
Amphisbaena kiriri

Etymology

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The specific name, kiriri, refers to the Kiriri, an indigenous tribe of the Brazilian Caatinga.[1]

Geographic range

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A. kiriri is found in Bahia state, Brazil.[1]

Description

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A. 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

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  1. ^ a b c Amphisbaena kiriri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

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  • 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.