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| Title: | A new species of small Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. |
| metadata.dc.creator: | Hoogmoed, Marinus Steven Ávila-Pires, Teresa Cristina Sauer de |
| Abstract: | Amphisbaena cunhai novo spec. is described on the basis of a series collected in the area of Cachoeira Samuel, rio Jamari, east of Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. It can be distinguished from other (small)amphisbaenids in lowland northern South America by having four large precloacal pores, three supra and three infra labiaIs, one row of postgenials, 14-16 dorsal and 14-18 ventral scales per annulus at midbody, a dorsal sulcus, malars in contact with the postmental and the nasalsforming a median suture. A key and the known distribution areas for ali small species of Amphisbaena in the Amazon region are given. |
| Keywords: | Reptilia Amphisbaena Bacia Amazônica |
| Publisher: | Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi |
| Citation: | Hoogmoed M.S.; de Avila-Pires T C S. 1991. A new species of small Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, série Zoologia, v. 7, n. 1, p. 77-94, 1991. |
| URI: | http://repositorio.museu-goeldi.br/handle/mgoeldi/740 |
| Issue Date: | 1991 |
| Appears in Collections: | Zoologia - Artigos Publicados em Periódicos |
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| B MPEG Zoo 7(1) 1991 HOOGMOED.pdf | 6,47 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
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