Inirida worm lizard
| Inirida worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Mesobaena |
| Species: | M. huebneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925
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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
[edit]The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner, who collected the holotype.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of M. huebneri is forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]M. huebneri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Taxonomy
[edit]M. huebneri is the type species of the genus Mesobaena.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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).
Further reading
[edit]- 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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