The Rio Grande worm lizard (Amphisbaena pretrei) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology The specific name, pretrei, is in honor of French artist Jean-Gabriel Prêtre.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphisbaena pretrei, p. 211).
Description A. pretrei is reddish brown dorsally, and white ventrally. It may attain a snout-to-vent length of , with a tail long.Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Amphisbæna pretrii [sic]", pp. 440-441).
Reproduction A. pretrei is oviparous.
References
Further reading Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Amphisbæna pretrei, new species, pp. 486-489). (in French). Gans C (1965). "Redescription of Amphisbaena pretrei Duméril and Bibron and A. leucocephala Peters, with a Discussion of their Relation and Synonymy (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)". American Midland Naturalist 74 (2): 387-407. Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1-130. (Amphisbaena pretrei, p. 18). Vanzolini PE (2002). "An aid to the identification of South American species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 42 (15): 351-362.