Urucum worm lizard
# Urucum worm lizard

The Urucum worm lizard (Amphisbaena leeseri) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to central South America.

## Etymology

The specific name, leeseri, is in honor of Leo Leeser (1871–1942), who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, but whose estate funded the Leo Leeser Center for Tropical Biology.

## Geographic range

A. leeseri is found in southwestern Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul state) and in adjacent northern Paraguay.

## Reproduction

A. leeseri is oviparous.

