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Pestel amphisbaena
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Amphisbaena
Species:	A. leali
Binomial name
	Amphisbaena leali; Thomas & Hedges, 2006

The Pestel amphisbaena (Amphisbaena leali) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Haiti.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, leali, is in honor of herpetologist Manuel Leal, co-collector of the holotype.^[3]

Description

A. leali may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25.4 cm (10.0 in). It is heavy-bodied, and its tail is relatively long for an amphisbaenian.^[2]

Geographic range

A. leali is found in the Haitian department of Grand'Anse.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. leali is forest.^[1]

Behavior

A. leali is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

A. leali is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hedges B, Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Amphisbaena leali (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74856459A115481034. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74856459A75171326.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Amphisbaena leali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ 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. (Amphisbaena leali, p. 153).

Henderson RW, Powell R (2009). Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 495 pp. ISBN 978-0-8130-3394-5. (Amphisbaena leali, p. 339).
Powell R, Henderson RW (2012). "Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51 (2): 85–166.
Thomas R, Hedges SB (2006). "Two New Species of Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti". Caribbean Journal of Science 42 (2): 208–219. (Amphisbaena leali, new species, pp. 213–215, Figure 5).