Silvestri's worm lizard
Introduction '''Silvestri's worm lizard''' ('''''Amphisbaena silvestrii''''') is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology The specific name, ''silvestrii'', is in honor of Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.
Geographic range ''A. silvestrii'' is found in Bolivia (department of Santa Cruz), and also in Brazil (state of Mato Grosso).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''A. silvestrii'' are forest and savanna.
Description ''A. silvestrii'' has two precloacal pores, a character present in only about 20% of species of ''Amphisbaena''.
Reproduction ''A. silvestrii'' is oviparous.
See also *List of reptiles of Brazil
References
Further reading *Boulenger GA (1902). "Descriptions of new Fishes and Reptiles discovered by Dr. F. Silvestri in South America". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series'' '''9''' (52): 284-288. (''Amphisbæna silvestrii'', new species, p. 287). *Cassel, Mônica; Calcanhoto, Karla K. N.; Mehanna, Mahmoud; Montezol, Michel; Ferreira, Adelina; Mott, Tamí (2017). "Spermatogenisis of ''Amphisbaena silvestrii'' (Boulenger, 1902) sic: First Report for Amphisbaenidae". ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''51''' (1): 109-113. *Gans C (1962). "Redefinition and Description of the Brasilian Reptiles ''Amphisbaena silvestrii'' Boulenger and ''A. neglecta'' Dunn and Piatt". ''Copeia'' '''1962''' (1): 164-170. *Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' (289): 1-130. (''Amphisbaena silvestrii'', p. 19). *Ribeiro S, Sá V, Santos AP, Graboski R, Zaher H, Guedes AG, Andrade SP, Vaz-Silva W (2019). "A new species of the ''Amphisbaena'' (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species". ''Zootaxa'' '''4550''' (3): 301–320. *Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of South American species of ''Amphisbaena'' (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". ''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo'' '''42''' (15): 351-362.