New species of Amphisbaena (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from the coastal zone of Northeast Brazil Author Perez, Renata 0000-0002-8710-4309 Faculdade de Educação de Itapipoca-FACEDI, Universidade Estadual do Ceará-UECE, Itapipoca, Ceará, Brazil. renata.perez@uece.br Author Ramos, Antônio Rafael Lima 0000-0003-1525-6036 Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia (NUROF), Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil. herpetoramos@gmail.com Author Oliveira, Cicero Ricardo De 0000-0002-3194-7067 Laboratório de Biologia e Ecologia de Animais Silvestres, Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA), Ceará, Brazil. riccicer@gmail.com Author Ávila, Robson W. 0000-0003-3641-8321 Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia (NUROF), Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. robsonavila@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2026 2026-03-04 5763 3 421 434 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.3.7 journal article 315020 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.3.7 8e205b11-ef54-406d-b4f7-0422a7af852a 1175-5326 19191803 2B188B32-03B4-42B2-AA1C-F8122721578D

TABLE 1. Morphological characters for comparison within Amphisbaena species with six pre-cloacal pores, fixed or between intervals. All specimens in this table have: 1) rounded head; 2) uniform scales in the body; and 3) nasal shield in contact with each other in the dorsum of the head. A: absent; AUT: autonomy scale; BDA: body annuli; CDA: caudal annuli; DMB: dorsal midbody annulus; IL: number of infralabials; P: present; PML: posmalar row; POR: precloacal pores; REF: references; SL: number of supralabials; SVL: snout vent length; TL: tail length; VMB: ventral midbody annulus.

	POR	BDA	CDA	AUT	DMB	VMB	SL	IL	PML
Amphisbaena eleutheria sp. nov.	6	257–272	31–34	6–9	16–20	17–22	3	3	P
Amphisbaena acangoaba	4–8	216–239	13–17	A	18–24	18–24	4	3	P
Amphisbaena alba	4–10	198–248	13–21	A	30–42	35–46	4	3	P
Amphisbaena angustifrons	3–6	190–215	12–18	A	20–31	21–30	4	3	P
Amphisbaena barbouri	4–6	226–240	13–18	A	12–14	16–18	3	3	A
Amphisbaena bolivica	4–6	200–231	18–26	4–5	27–36	26–36	3	3	P
Amphisbaena caeca	4–6	217–236	13–18	4–8	13–18	14–20	3	3	P
Amphisbaena camura	4–6	188–207	14–19	4–5	28–42	29–46	4	3	P
Amphisbaena cubana	4–6	199–218	10–16	6–9	12–16	14–18	3	3	A
Amphisbaena fuliginosa	6–10	190–215	23–30	4–6	20–28	18–28	3	3 or 4	P
Amphisbaena heterozonata	2–6	189–206	15–18	6–8	15–18	18–20	3	3	P
Amphisbaena ignatiana	6	255–263	32–36	A	16	20–22	4	3	P
Amphisbaena kraoh	3 + 3	281	15–16	A	28	24	4	3	P
Amphisbaena littoralis	6	251–272	29–34	6	19–22	20– 24	4	3	P
Amphisbaena lumbricalis	2–6	225–247	20–26	A	12–16	16–20	3	3	A
Amphisbaena manni	4–9	209–243	17–22	5–7	12–16	14–20	3	3	A
Amphisbaena mertensi	5–8	210–250	25–31	5–8	16–26	16–24	3	3	P
Amphisbaena pretrei	5–9	231–255	22–26	5–7	20–27	22–28	3	3	P
Amphisbaena stejnegeri	6	243–247	13	9	17–19	16–20	4	2	P