Mitchell's worm lizard (Amphisbaena mitchelli) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Common names Common names for Amphisbaena mitchelli in Brazilian Portuguese include cobra-de-duas-cabeças (two-headed snake) and cobra-cega (blind snake).
Etymology The specific name, mitchelli, is in honor of British zoologist Peter Chalmers Mitchell.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphisbaena mitchelli, p. 180).
Description Amphisbaena mitchelli is medium-sized for its genus. It is darker dorsally than it is ventrally. It has 211–220 body annuli, and two oval precoacal pores.
Geographic range Amphisbaena mitchelli is found in Brazil, in the states of Maranhão and Pará.
Reproduction Amphisbaena mitchelli is oviparous.
References
Further reading Gans, Carl (1963). "Notes on Amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 7. Redescription and Redefinition of Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter and Amphisbaena sleveni Schmidt from the Middle and Lower Amazon, Brazil". American Museum Novitates (2127): 1–22. (Amphisbaena mitchelli, p. 17). (in English and Spanish). Procter, Joan B. (1923). "On New and Rare Reptiles from South America". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 1061–1067. (Amphisbæna mitchelli, new species, p. 1065).