World Species : Leposternon wuchereri (Wucherer's Worm Lizard)

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Leposternon wuchereri (Wucherer's Worm Lizard)

Contents

Synonyms: Amphisbaena wuchereri; Lepidosternon wuchereri; Lepidosternum sinuosum

Ecoregions

Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests	Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Atlantic Coast restingas	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Atlantic dry forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Bahia coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia interior forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cerrado	Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Serra do Mar coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Atlantic mangroves	Brazil	Neotropic	Mangroves

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Atlantic Forest	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay	No
Cerrado	Brazil	No

Predators

Micrurus corallinus (Painted Coral Snake)

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹DIET AND FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF THE CORAL SNAKE, MICRURUS CORALLINUS, FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST OF BRAZIL, Otavio A. V. Marques, Ivan Sazima, Herpetological Natural History, 5(1), 1997, pages 88-93

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0