This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Perez, Renata, Ribeiro, Síria, Borges-Martins, Márcio (2012): Reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885) and Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger 1885 (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 3550: 1-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.211171
Abstract
We revised the taxonomic status of Amphisbaena prunicolor and A. albocingulata, two taxa traditionally recognized as subspecies of A. prunicolor in the A. darwini complex. Despite some authors elevated both taxa to the specific rank, its taxonomic decisions were made without specific commentaries and/or proper diagnostic characters. The comparison of morphological characters between the two taxa with other similar species, associated with A. darwini (A. darwini, A. heterozonata, A. munoai and A. trachura), revealed a unique combination of diagnostic characters. Amphisbaena prunicolor and A. albocingulata were considered distinct species, diagnosable by the presence of the postmalar row in A. prunicolor, absent in A. albocingulata and by the ventral colour pattern uniform (pale brown) in A. albocingulata and checkerboard (brown-purplish and white) in A. prunicolor. We also provided a redescription of the two species, information on intraspecific variation in A. munoai and suggested the extension of the distribution of A. darwini to southern Brazil.
Key words: Morphology, Squamata, subspecies, species complex, Amphisbaena darwini
Perez R, Ribeiro S, Borges-Martins M, plazi (2012). Reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885) and Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger 1885 (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.211171 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.
