Mesobaena rhachicephala is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to Brazil.
Geographic range M. rhachicephala is endemic to the Brazilian state of Pará.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of M. rhachicephala is forest.
Description M. rhachicephala may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . Dorsally, it is pink anteriorly, brown posteriorly, and dark brown at the tail tip; ventrally, it is cream-colored.
Behavior M. rhachicephala is terrestrial and fossorial. Specimens have been found at a depth of in sandy soil.
Reproduction M. rhachicephala is oviparous.
References
Further reading Hoogmoed MS, Pinto RR, Rocha WA, Pereira EG (2009). "A New Species of Mesobaena Mertens, 1925 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Guiana, with a Key to the Amphisbaenidae of the Guianan Region". Herpetologica 65 (4): 436–448. (Mesobaena rhachicephala, new species).