Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Avila 1991 articles

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas, RondÃ´nia)
Type locality: Brazil, RondÃ´nia, Cachoeira Samuel, Rio Jamari, E. Porto Velho.

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Amphisbaena cunhai is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.^[2]

The specific name, cunhai, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.^[3]

A. cunhai is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of A. cunhai is forest, but it is also found in cultivated areas that were previously forest.^[1]

A. cunhai is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Amphisbaena cunhai ". The IUCNRed List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T7515986675159869.pt. Accessed on 08 May 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
^ ^a ^b ^c Amphisbaena cunhai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena cunhai, p. 62).

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Amphisbaena cunhai is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.