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Amphisbaenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Amphisbaenia;
Family:	Amphisbaenidae; Gray, 1865
Genera
	17, see text

The Amphisbaenidae are a family of amphisbaenians, commonly known as worm lizards. They are found in North and 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 family.^[1]

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.^[1]

[edit] 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
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

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Gans, Carl (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

[edit] External links

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[EoR-0] Gans, Carl (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

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