Cuban pink amphisbaena

The Cuban pink amphisbaena (Amphisbaena carlgansi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Etymology The specific name, carlgansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphisbaena carlgansi, p. 97).

Habitat The preferred habitat of A. carlgansi is forest at altitudes of .

Reproduction A. carlgansi is oviparous.

References

Further reading Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Amphisbaena carlgansi, p. 12). Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes; Mancina, Carlos A.; Rivalta González, Vilma (2013). "Reptiles of Cuba: Checklist and Geographic Distributions". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (144): 1–96. (Amphisbaena carlgansi, p. 10). Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "A New Amphisbaenian from Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 32 (1): 92–96. (Amphisbaena carlgansi, new species).