Darwin's ringed worm lizard (Amphisbaena darwinii) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to South America.
Etymology The specific name, darwinii, is in honor of English naturalist Charles Darwin.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Amphisbaena darwini [sic]", p. 65).
Description Darwin's ringed worm lizard may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Amphisbæna darwinii, pp. 442-443).
Distribution and habitat Darwin's ringed worm lizard is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. www.reptile-database.org. The preferred natural habitat is grassland.
Ecology and behavior Darwin's ringed worm lizard is fossorial and oviparous.
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Further reading
Borteiro C, Kolenc F, Verdes JM (2013). "Aggregative behaviour in the fossorial lizard Amphisbaena darwinii (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 27 (1): 57–58. Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Amphisbæna darwinii, new species, pp. 490–492). (in French). Gans C (1966). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 3. The small species from southern South America commonly identified as Amphisbaena darwinii ". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134: 185–260.