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<i>Amphisbaena mertensii</i> (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): Notes on natural history, distribution, and morphology

2022; National University of Colombia; Volume: 44; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15446/caldasia.v44n3.91800

2357-3759

Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis, Lucas Rosado Mendonça, Renato Neves Feio, Henrique Caldeira Costa,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Amphisbaena mertensii is a worm lizard species from South America. Because of its subterranean lifestyle,data on its biology are scarce. In this paper, we present the first record of A. mertensii as prey of a bird, the wood rail Aramides cajaneus. We also review the geographic range of this species, reporting it for 114 localities from west-central Brazil to northeastern Argentina. We update the range of precloacal pores in A. mertensii from 5–8 to 4–8, and report the largest individual of this species with a 458 mm snout-vent length.