This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Almeida, João Paulo Felix Augusto De, Freitas, Marco Antonio De, Silva, Márcio Borba Da, Valverde, Maria Celeste Costa, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Pires, Adriano Moreira, Mott, Tamí (2018): A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4514 (4): 553-562, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8
Abstract
A new species of Amphisbaena from the Espinhaço Mountain Range in Bahia State is described based on morphological and molecular data. Amphisbaena caetitensis sp nov. is a small four-pored amphisbaenian with 186–194 body annuli, 10– 12 tail annuli, 16 dorsal and 19–22 ventral segments on a midbody annulus and a strikingly distinctive tail tip. The most similar species is A. uroxena, but they can be distinguished by some morphological features besides the genetic divergence of 7.65% on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA.
Almeida J P F A D, Freitas M A D, Silva M B D, Valverde M C C, Rodrigues M T, Pires A M, Mott T, plazi (2018). A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.
