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

作者：Roberto Igor Joventino^*; Brito Lucas B M; Avila Robson W

来源：Zootaxa, 2014, 3753(2): 167-176.

• Reptilia
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Fossorial
• Amphisbaenians
• Faunal rescue

We describe a new Amphisbaena from the Brazilian coastal zone at the municipalities of Guamare 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.

• 出版日期2014-1-6