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Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): new state record

  • Tamí Mott,
  • César Neto,
  • Kleber Filho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/7.5.594
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 5
pp. 594 – 595

Abstract

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Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 is very small and slender amphisbaenid known, up to now, from five specimens obtained in Porto Velho, Rio Tapirapés, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Herein we report nine additional specimens (six females and three males) recently collected at Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Parauapebas municipality, state of Pará, extending its distribution in 530 km northeast of its type locality.