Cuban Pink Amphisbaena articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Cuba
Type locality: Boca del Toro, Granma Province, Cuba.

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The Cuban pink amphisbaena (Amphisbaena carlgansi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.^[2]

The specific name, carlgansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.^[3]

The preferred habitat of A. carlgansi is forest at altitudes of 0–50 m (0–164 ft).^[1]

A. carlgansi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Fong, A. (2017). "Amphisbaena carlgansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T74855155A75171291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74855155A75171291.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Amphisbaena carlgansi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ 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 carlgansi, p. 97).

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The Cuban pink amphisbaena (Amphisbaena carlgansi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.