Amphisbaena elbakyanae Torres-Ramírez, Angarita-Sierra and Vargas-Ramírez 2021

Cruz-Rodríguez, Cristian, Lynch, John D., Cárdenas, Julieth S. & Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés, 2021, Type specimens housed in the herpetological collections at Museo de La Salle Bogotá and their historical importance for the consolidation of herpetology in Colombia, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 261-292 : 269-270

Amphisbaena elbakyanae Torres-Ramírez, Angarita-Sierra and Vargas-Ramírez 2021 .

Holotype MLS 1901 ( fig. 17 ), male. “ El Porvenir farm, Vereda La Colombina, municipality of Paz de Ariporo , department of Casanare,

Colombia, N 6.043472222, W –71.09283333); elevation 140 m. a.s.l”. 20 Aug. 2012 . Paratype MLS 1902 ( fig. 18 ), female. “Caño El Socorro, between veredas Aguaverde and La Virgen, municipality of Orocué, department of Casanare, Colombia, (N 5.02901, W –71.18037); elevation 128 m. a.s.l.”. Dec 2012

Remarks: MLS 1901 was collected by Teddy Angarita-Sierra, Marvin Anganoy-Criollo and John Jairo and MLS 1902 was collected by Marvin Anganoy-Criollo. Both specimens are hydrated and in good state of preservation.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Holotype of Amphisbaena elbakyanae, MLS 1901, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).

FIGURE 18. Paratype of Amphisbaena elbakyanae, MLS 1902, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).