Amphisbaena schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's worm lizard or the Puerto Rican dusky worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.
Etymology The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 236).
Geographic range A. schmidti is found in Puerto Rico.. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred habitats of A. schmidti are shrubland, forest, and grassland at altitudes of .Joglar R, Powell R, Hedges B, Thomas R (2016). "Amphisbaena schmidti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
Reproduction A. schmidti is oviparous.
See also
Fauna of Puerto Rico List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
References
Further reading Gans C (1964). "Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". Breviora (198): 1–11. (Amphisbaena schmidti, new species, pp. 3–11 + Figures 1–7). Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 19). Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 561). Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena schmidti, p. 168).