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Trogonophidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Amphisbaenia;
Family:	Trogonophidae; Gray, 1865
Genera
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The Trogonophidae, (Palearctic Worm Lizards or Desert Ringed Lizards), are a family of Amphisbaenians. Trogonophids are found in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Iran. They are limbless, carnivorous, lizard-like reptiles highly modified for burrowing. They construct their tunnels with an oscillating motion that forces soil into the walls. Unlike other amphisbaenians, their teeth are fused to their jaws, rather than lying in a groove.^[1]

[edit] Genera

Agamodon Peters, 1882
Diplometopon Nikolskii, 1907
Pachycalamus Günther, 1881
Trogonophis Kaup, 1830

[edit] References

^ Gans, Carl (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

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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. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

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