Liwale round-snouted worm lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Loveridgea |
| Species: | L. ionidesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Loveridgea ionidesii (Battersby, 1950)
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The Liwale round-snouted worm lizard (Loveridgea ionidesii) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, ionidesii, is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa".[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. ionidesii is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]Medium-sized for an amphisbaenian, L. ionidesii is 8–18 cm (3.1–7.1 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[2]
Behavior
[edit]L. ionidesii is diurnal, terrestrial, and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]L. ionidesii gives birth to live young, and its mode of reproduction has been called viviparous[1] or ovoviviparous.[2] Litter size is two.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K.; Spawls, S.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Loveridgea ionidesii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T176242A44845761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176242A44845761.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Loveridgea ionidesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Loveridgea ionidesii, p. 130).
Further reading
[edit]- Battersby JC (1950). "A new Amphisbænid Lizard from Tanganyika Territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 3: 413–417. (Amphisbæna ionidesii, new species).
- Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Loveridgea ionidesii, new combination, p. 19).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Loveridgea ionidesii, p. 34).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Loveridgea ionidesii, p. 319).
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