Pestel Amphisbaena articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti: Grande Anse)
Type locality: 5.0 km S Pestel, DÃ©pt. de la Grande Anse, Haiti.

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The Pestel amphisbaena (Amphisbaena leali) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.^[2]

The specific name, leali, is in honor of herpetologist Manuel Leal, co-collector of the holotype.^[3]

A. leali is oviparous.^[2]

^ Hedges B, Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Amphisbaena leali (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74856459A115481034. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74856459A75171326.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Amphisbaena leali 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 leali, p. 153).

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The Pestel amphisbaena (Amphisbaena leali) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.