Bachia pyburni Kizirian & McDiarmid, 1998

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2017, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 151-196 : 160-161

Bachia pyburni Kizirian & McDiarmid, 1998

Type-locality. Yapima, Vaupés, Colômbia.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Kizirian & McDiarmid (1998), Rodrigues et al. (2007a, 2008), Freitas et al. (2011), Teixeira et al. (2013a), Colli et al. (2015), Goicoechea et al. (2016), Ribeiro-Júnior et al. (2016).

Distribution and habitat. Bachia pyburni is endemic to northwestern Amazonia , occurring in Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia, where it is known from the Negro– Vaupés river systems and Neblina region ( Fig. 3 ). In Brazil, it occurs only in the state of Amazonas. Bachia pyburni is fossorial and diurnal, inhabits both highland and lowland terra firme forests, where it is found in the soil and amid decaying roots (Kizirian & McDiarmid 1998).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of examined material of Amapasaurus tetradactylus, B. panoplia, B. peruana, B. pyburni, B. remota, B. scolecoides, and B. trisanale. Records of Bachia didactyla and B. scaea were obtained from the literature.