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Issue: Vol. 3753 No. 2: 6 Jan. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2013-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.6
Page range: 167–176
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

A new six-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the coastal zone of northeast Brazil

Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus do Pimenta, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Bairro do Pimenta, 63105– 100, Crato, CE, Brazil
Laboratório de Zoologia Experimental, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, Bloco 909, Avenida Humberto Monte, 2977, CEP 60455-760, Fortaleza – CE, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, Bloco 909, Av. Humberto Monte, 2977, CEP 60455-760, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil.
Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus do Pimenta, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Bairro do Pimenta, 63105– 100, Crato, CE, Brazil
Reptilia Rio Grande do Norte Fossorial Amphisbaenians Faunal rescue

Abstract

We describe a new Amphisbaena from the Brazilian coastal zone at the municipalities of Guamaré and Macau, state of Rio Grande do Norte. The new species, Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov., is characterized by six precloacal pores, 252–264 body annuli, 30–34 tail annuli with autotomy on the 6th tail annuli, 20–22 dorsal and 21–24 ventral segments to the midbody annulus.