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Amphisbaenia /æmfɪsˈbiːniə/ (called
amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a
group of
typically legless lizards,
comprising over 200
extant species. Amphisbaenians...
- Teiidae, Gymnophthalmidae, and
Amphisbaenia. The
finding from
molecular phylogenetic studies that the
burrowing Amphisbaenia were
nested in a
clade with...
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species in the
genera Chalcides from
southern Europe and
North Africa.
Amphisbaenia -
comprising over 180
extant species, most of
which are
legless (hindlimbs...
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Richard (1983).
Sauria Terrestria,
Amphisbaenia.
Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Part 10A [Sauria Terrestria,
Amphisbaenia.
Handbook of Paleoherpetology,...
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about 60% of the
extant non-avian reptiles. Both the
snakes and the
Amphisbaenia (worm lizards) are
clades deep
within the
Squamata (the
smallest clade...
- This is a list of
reptiles of Europe. It
includes all
reptiles currently found in Europe. It does not
include species found only in
captivity or extinct...
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Davide & Gauthier,
Jacques A. (2015). "Biogeography of worm
lizards (
Amphisbaenia)
driven by end-Cretaceous m**** extinction".
Proceedings of the Royal...
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species in the
genus Anelytropsis. It is
endemic to Mexico. They look like
Amphisbaenia, but are in fact, only
distantly related.
Although early authors did...
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external ears,
which snakes lack,
although this rule is not
universal (see
Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, and Pygopodidae).
Living snakes are
found on
every continent...
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reduced and not
visible externally. The
limbs are
absent and, as in
other Amphisbaenia, the body is
covered by
scales arranged in
rings giving the
animal a...
