| Mitchell's worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. mitchelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 | |
Mitchell's worm lizard (Amphisbaena mitchelli) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of British zoologist Peter Chalmers Mitchell.
Geographic range
A. mitchelli is found in Brazil, in the states of Maranhão and Pará.
Reproduction
A. mitchelli is oviparous.
References
- ^ Species Amphisbaena mitchelli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 mitchelli, p. 180).
Further reading
- Gans C (1963). "Notes on Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 7. Redescription and Redefinition of Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter and Amphisbaena sleveni Schmidt from the Middle and Lower Amazon, Brazil". American Museum Novitates (2127): 1-22.
- Procter JB (1923). "On New and Rare Reptiles from South America". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 1061–1067. (Amphisbæna mitchelli, new species, p. 1065).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amphisbaena mitchelli | |
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