Heath's worm lizard
Introduction '''Heath's worm lizard''' ('''''Amphisbaena heathi''')'' is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology The specific name, ''heathi'', is in honor of American malacologist Harold Heath.
Geographic range ''A. heathi'' is found in Brazil in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Diet ''A. heathi'' feeds mainly on termites, ants, insect larvae, and cockroach nymphs, but will also eat earthworms, leeches, and centipedes.
Reproduction ''A. heathi'' is oviparous. Eggs are layed during the dry season.
See also *List of reptiles of Brazil
References
Further reading *Gans C (1965). "On ''Amphisbaena heathi'' Schmidt and ''A. carvalhoi'', new species, small forms from the northeast of Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series'' '''31''' (23): 613–630. *Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' (289): 1–130. (''Amphisbaena heathi'', p. 14). *Oliveira, Cícero Ricardo de; Roberto, Igor Joventino; Sousa, José Guilherme Gonçalves de; Ávila, Robson Waldemar (2019). "On the ecology of ''Amphisbaena heathi'' (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Northeastern Brazil". ''Herpetological Review'' '''50''' (1): 62–66. *Schmidt KP (1936). "Notes on Brazilian Amphisbaenians". ''Herpetologica'' '''1''' (1): 28–32. (''Amphisbaena heathi'', new species). *Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of the South American species of ''Amphisbaena'' (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo'' '''42''' (15): 351–362.