Amphisbaena absaberi

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Lacertoidea
Amphisbaena absaberi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. absaberi
Binomial name
Amphisbaena absaberi
(Strüssmann & Carvalho, 2001)

Amphisbaena absaberi is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil, and is known only from its type location.[2]

Amphisbaena absaberi is named in honor of Brazilian geographer Aziz Nacib Ab'Sáber.[3]

Taxonomy

The holotype of this species was collected on 15 January 1993 in Cáceres, Brazil, in a cerradão area disturbed by bulldozer activity.[3] Originally classified as Cerclophia absaberi, it was transferred to genus Amphisbaena in 2009 following the completion of a phylogenetic study.[4]

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