A new species of small Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil.
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Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
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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.
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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.