Mesobaena

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia
Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Mesobaena
Species (2): M. huebneri – M. rhachicephala
Name

Mesobaena Mertens, 1925: 170

Type species: Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925, by original designation and monotypy.

References
Primary references

Mertens, R. 1925. Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie der Leposterniden. Senckenbergiana 7(5): 170–171.

Additional references

Gans, C. 1971. Redescription of three monotypic genera of amphisbaenians from South America: Aulura Barbour, Bronia Gray, and Mesobaena Mertens. American Museum Novitates 2475: 1–31. hdl: 2246/2683
Hoogmoed, M.S., Pinto, R.R., Rocha, W.A. & Pereira, E.G. 2009. A new species of Mesobaena Mertens, 1925 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Guiana, with a key to the Amphisbaenidae of the Guianan region. Herpetologica 65(4): 436–448. DOI: 10.1655/08-062.1 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Mesobaena . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 March 2021.

Vernacular names
English: Amazonian Dwarf Worm Lizards

Mesobaena is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

Two species are placed in this genus.[1]

Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925 - Inirida worm lizard
Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Da Rocha & Pereira, 2009

Etymology

The specific name, huebneri, is in honor of German pioneer photographer George Huebner (1862–1935), who collected the holotype.[2]
References

Genus Mesobaena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesobaena huebneri, p. 127).

Further reading

Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.
Mertens R (1925). "Eine neue Eidechsengattung aus der Familie der Leposterniden ". Senckenbergiana 7 (5): 170–171. (Mesobaena, new genus; M. huebneri, new species). (in German).