Cercolophia roberti Gans

GANS, CARL, 2005, Checklist And Bibliography Of The Amphisbaenia Of The World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (289), pp. 1-130 : 26

Cercolophia roberti Gans

Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964f: 402 . TYPE LO­ CALITY: ‘‘ Ypiranga, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil’ ’. Holotype: DZ 1946 . Paratypes: DZ 755 , 1947 ; ZMH 1879 A ; DZ 1257 , 1937 (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Gans (1964f: 402). See also Aquino et al. (1996, distribution), Cruz Neto and Abe (1993, diet), Montero and Terol (1999, distribution), Moura­Leite et al. (1996, distribution), and Vanzolini (1991c, variation).

RANGE: Brazil, coastal São Paulo, inland into southwestern Minas Gerais, southern Goiaz and Parana and eastern Paraguay.