- lizards) are a
family of amphisbaenians, a
group of
limbless vertebrates.
Amphisbaenids occur in
South America, some
Caribbean islands, Europe, and sub-Saharan...
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Amphisbaenidae diverging more recently.
South American amphisbaenids apparently are
derived from
African amphisbaenids that
rafted across the
Atlantic in the Eocene...
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caecilians (gymnophiona)) and
reptiles (including snakes, lizards,
amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras). Birds,...
- herpetology,
which also
includes non-avian
reptiles (snakes, lizards,
amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuatara). Batrachologists...
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smallest and
least known squamate suborder. It
contains the
wormlike amphisbaenids.
Florida has one species.
Florida worm
lizard List of
amphibians of...
- Gans C,
Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on
amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the
amphisbaenids of the Antilles".
Bulletin of the
Museum of...
- Gans C,
Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on
amphisbaenids (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia). 2. On the
amphisbaenids of the Antilles".
Bulletin of the
Museum of...
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ovoviviparous and
feeds on beetles,
caecilians (burrowing
legless amphibians),
amphisbaenids or worm
lizards (legless lizards),
small fossorial snakes, fish (particularly...
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vermicular reptiles that live
under logs, rocks, and dirt.
Other species of
Amphisbaenids in the
Caribbean include Amphisbaena bakeri,
Amphisbaena fenestrata...
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after name). 10
species in 4
genera in 1
family Family Amphisbaenidae –
amphisbaenid or
legless lizards, 10
species in 4 genera:
Dalophia gigantea (Peracca...
