Check List 10(5): 1229-1230, doi: 10.15560/10.5.1229
Range extension and geographic distribution of Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 in the state of Pará, Brazil
expand article infoSíria Ribeiro‡, Alfredo P. Santos-Jr‡, Lívia Carla Chagas‡, Hipócrates de Menezes Chalkidis§
‡ Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil§ Faculdades Integradas do Tapajós, Brazil

Corresponding author: Síria Ribeiro ( siherp@hotmail.com )

© 2017 Síria Ribeiro, Alfredo Santos-Jr, Lívia Chagas, Hipócrates Chalkidis.
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Citation: Ribeiro S, Chagas L, Santos-Jr A, Chalkidis H (2014) Range extension and geographic distribution of Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 in the state of Pará, Brazil. Check List 10(5): 1229-1230. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.5.1229
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Abstract
We present here a new record for Amphisbaena michelli for the western of Pará State, northern Brazil. The specimen was found in the municipality of Belterra, on the right bank of the Tapajós River, and represents an expansion ca. 350 km west of the previously known geographic distribution of the species.
Keywords
Reptilia; Amphisbaenidae; distribution