Stejneger's Worm Lizard articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Guyana (Demerara, coast)
Type locality: British Guyana; Demerara, Vreed en Rust (06°27N, 58°19W).

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Stejneger's worm lizard (Amphisbaena stejnegeri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Guyana.^[2]

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Norwegian-born American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.^[3]

The preferred habitat of A. stejnegeri is forest.^[1]

A. stejnegeri is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Oubotar, P. (2016). "Amphisbaena stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T66080030A66080035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66080030A66080035.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Amphisbaena stejnegeri 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 stejnegeri, p. 252).

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Stejneger's worm lizard (Amphisbaena stejnegeri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Guyana.