BREVIORA Mmseiiioi of Comparative Zoology Cambkidgk, Mass. 1)kcembp:r 14, 11H)2 ^'^MB^:R 171 NOTES OX AMPHLSBAEXIDS ( AMPHI8BAEXIA : REP-TILIA). 6. REDESCRTPTIOX AXD RANGE EXTEXSION OF AMPHISBAENA SFURRELLI BOULENGER. By Carl Gans Department of Biology, The University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, Xew York 111 1915 Boulenofer (p. 659) described the new species of Amphishaeua spurrdJi, characterized primarily by the presence of tubercular or subcoiiical segments on the dorsal surface of the tail. The two syiitypes were collected at "Anda Goya [Colombia], at the junction of the R. Condoto and San Juan." The only subsequent record of the species (Burt and Burt, 1931. p. 40) is the citation of a single specimen (A.M.X'.H. 18261) from the neighborino: locality of ''Boca de la Raspadura, " Colombia, without su])p](MU(Mitary description. The present note is based upon a re-examination of these three and of two additional specimens, one of which extends the range of A. spnrrcUi into Panama. The original description has been amended and rewritten according to the standard pattern (Gans and Alexander. 1962). Simple, non-idealized illustrations are included in the present paper. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the support of the X'ational Science Foundation (XSF G-9054. G-21819). Examination of the types was made possible by assistance from the estate of Leo Leeser. Specimens Avere examined through courtesy of C. M. Bogert. The American Museum of N^'atural History (A.M.X.H.), Miss Alice G. C. Grandison. British Museum (Xatural History) (B.M. ). R. F. Inger and H. Marx. Chicago Natural History Museum (C.X.H.M.), and E. E. Williams, Museum of Comparative Zoology (M.C.Z.). I am particularly grateful to Dr. Federico Medem who made the C.X.H.M. speci-men available, and to Miss C. Rhodes for technical assistance.
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