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family

worm lizards
Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  suborder Amphisbaenia - worm lizards

Scientific synonyms

Amphibisbaenidae

Other names

= amphisbaenids
= tropical worm lizards

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Temporal range:Tertiary > Paleogene > Eocene > Upper Eocene – recent
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Images

Blanus tingitanus - Mediterranean Worm Lizard

Blanus tingitanus - Mediterranean Worm Lizard

Author: Marek Velechovský

Blanus cinereus - European Worm Lizard

Blanus cinereus - European Worm Lizard

Author: RNDr. Jan Ševčík
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Included taxa

Number of records: 13

genus Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 - tropical worm lizards
genus Ancylocranium H. Parker, 1942
genus Baikia Gray, 1865
genus Blanus Vandelli, 1797
genus Chirindia Boulenger, 1907
genus Cynisca Duméril & Bibron, 1839
genus Dalophia Gray, 1865
genus Geocalamus Günther, 1880
genus Leposternon Wagler, 1824
genus Loveridgea Tornier, 1899
genus Mesobaena Mertens, 1925
genus Monopeltis Smith, 1848
genus Zygaspis Cope, 1885

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [115523]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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