Loveridgea Explained

Loveridgea is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards, even though they are not lizards. Two species are placed in this genus.

Etymology

The generic name, Loveridgea, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.^[1]

Species

• Loveridgea ionidesii (Battersby, 1950) – Liwale round-snouted worm lizard
• Loveridgea phylofiniens (Tornier, 1899) – Udjiji worm lizard

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loveridgea.

Further reading

• Battersby JC (1950). "A new amphisbaenid lizard from Tanganyika territory and notes on the rare snake Chilorhinophis ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 3: 413-417. (Amphisbaena ionidesii, new species).
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1-130.
• Tornier G (1899). "Drei Reptilien aus Afrika ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 22 (588): 258-261. (Amphisbaena phylofiniens, new species, pp. 260–261). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [Paulo Vanzolini|Vanzolini PE]