- /æmfɪsˈbiːniə/ (called
amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a
group of
typically legless lizards,
comprising over 200
extant species.
Amphisbaenians are characterized...
-
species of
amphisbaenian in the
family Bipedidae. The
species is
endemic to the Baja
California Peninsula. It is one of
three species of
amphisbaenians that...
- lizard,
speckled worm
lizard or
spotted worm lizard, is a
species of
amphisbaenian in the
genus Amphisbaena. The
ecology of A. fuliginosa is
poorly known...
- Cape worm lizard, and the
South African shield-snouted
amphisbaenian, is a
species of
amphisbaenian in the
family Amphisbaenidae. The
species is
native to...
- the
dusky worm lizard, and the
infuscate wedge-snouted
amphisbaenian, is a
species of
amphisbaenian in the
family Amphisbaenidae. The
species is indigenous...
-
excretions and not males. Very
little is
known about the
origins of
amphisbaenians, and even less for the
Iberian worm lizard.
Phylogenetic analysis of...
- look
similar to snakes.
These include the slowworm, gl**** snake, and
amphisbaenians. The
fossil record of
snakes is
relatively poor
because snake skeletons...
- for all
squamate reptiles other than
snakes (and to a
lesser extent amphisbaenians), encomp****ing over 7,000 species,
ranging across all
continents except...
- "Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for
Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and
Amphisbaenians)
Shows no
Support for Key
Traditional Morphological Relationships"....
- and
Slavoia has been
suggested to be the
oldest known relative of
amphisbaenians. The
structure of the
skull of
Slavoia suggests that it may have had...
