Inirida worm lizard

The Inirida worm lizard (Mesobaena huebneri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to Colombia and Venezuela.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner, who collected the holotype.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of M. huebneri is forest.^[1]

M. huebneri is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

M. huebneri is oviparous.^[2]

M. huebneri is the type species of the genus Mesobaena.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Renjifo, J.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Mesobaena huebneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44550993A44550996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44550993A44550996.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mesobaena huebneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 127).

Gans C (1971). "Redescription of Three Monotypic Genera of Amphisbaenians from South America: Aulura Barbour, Bronia Gray, and Mesobaena Mertens". American Museum Novitates (2475): 1–32. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 22).
Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 34).
Mertens R (1925). "Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie Lepidosternen ". Senckenbergiana 7 (5): 170–171. (Mesobaena huebneri, new species). (in German).
Mertens R (1926). "Herpetologische Mitteilungen. XI. Weiterer Bemerkungen über Mesobaena huebneri Mertens. Senckenbergiana 8 (3/4): 150–151. (in German).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.

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