- /æmfɪsˈbiːniə/ (called
amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a
group of
typically legless lizards,
comprising over 200
extant species.
Amphisbaenians are characterized...
- for all
squamate reptiles other than
snakes (and to a
lesser extent amphisbaenians), encomp****ing over 7,000 species,
ranging across all
continents except...
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Bipes is a
genus of
amphisbaenians (or worm lizards)
found only in Mexico, the sole
living member of the
family Bipedidae. They are carnivorous, burrowing...
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larger than themselves.
Amphisbaenians are
mostly legless like snakes, but are
generally much smaller.
Three species of
amphisbaenians have kept
reduced front...
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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...
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diameters by the soil,
amphisbaenians can
increase muscle m**** by
increasing body length, not body diameter. In most
amphisbaenians,
limbs were lost as part...
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Measey GJ,
Tolley KA (2013). "A
molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan
amphisbaenians".
African Journal of
Herpetology 62 (2): 100–108.
Smith A (1848). Illustrations...
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resemble any
other group of lizards.
Recent molecular studies suggest that
amphisbaenians are
grouped with the Lacertidae, in a
group named the Lacertibaenia...
- This list of
reptiles of ****an is
primarily based on the IUCN Red List,
which details the
conservation status of some one
hundred species. Of these, five...
- look
similar to snakes.
These include the slowworm, gl**** snake, and
amphisbaenians. The
fossil record of
snakes is
relatively poor
because snake skeletons...
