Amphisbaena carli

Amphisbaena carli is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, carli, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.

Geographic range

A. carli has been found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. carli is savanna. The holotype was collected in an area that had been recently deforested and replanted with pines.

Description

A. carli is uniformly pink, both dorsally and ventrally. It may attain a total length (including tail) of .

Behavior

A. carli is fossorial.

References

Further reading

• ; ; ; (2010). "A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". Zootaxa 2569: 44–54. (Amphisbaena carli, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).