Amphisbaenidae

Amphisbaenidae

Taxobox
name = Amphisbaenia
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Amphisbaenia
familia = Amphisbaenidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1865
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See Text
The Amphisbaenidae are a family of amphisbaenians, commonly known as worm lizards. They are found in South America, some Caribbean islands, and in sub-Saharan Africa. One primitive and somewhat aberrant genus, "Blanus", is native to Europe, and may represent a distinct familycite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Gans, Carl|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 216|isbn= 0-12-178560-2] .

Members of the family are limbless, burrowing, lizard-like reptiles with a carnivorous diet. Some species have spade-like heads, while others have a narrow crest.

Genera

There are over 120 species in the family, grouped into seventeen genera.

*"Amphisbaena" Linnaeus, 1758
*"Ancylocranium" Scortecci 1930
*"Anops" Bell 1833
*"Aulura" Barbour 1914
*"Baikia" Gray 1865
*"Blanus" Vandelli 1797
*"Bronia" Wiegmann 1828
*"Cercolophia" Strauch 1881
*"Chirindia" Boulenger 1907
*"Cynisca" Duméril & Bibron 1839
*"Dalophia" Gray 1865
*"Geocalamus" Günther 1880
*"Leposternon" Hemprich 1820
*"Loveridgea" Tornier 1899
*"Mesobaena" Mertens 1925
*"Monopeltis" Smith 1848
*"Zygaspis" Peters 1854

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