Amphisbaenia/æmfɪsˈbiːniə/ (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of typically legless lizards,[1] comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As many species have a pink body and scales arranged in rings, they have a superficial resemblance to earthworms. While the genus Bipes retains forelimbs, all other genera are limbless. Phylogenetic studies suggest that they are nested within Lacertoidea, closely related to the lizard family Lacertidae.[1] Amphisbaenians are widely distributed, occurring in North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Western Asia and the Caribbean. Most species are less than 6 inches (15 cm) long.
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Amphisbaenia /æmfɪsˈbiːniə/ (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of typically legless lizards, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians...
Teiidae, Gymnophthalmidae, and Amphisbaenia. The finding from molecular phylogenetic studies that the burrowing Amphisbaenia were nested in a clade with...
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about 60% of the extant non-avian reptiles. Both the snakes and the Amphisbaenia (worm lizards) are clades deep within the Squamata (the smallest clade...
species in the genera Chalcides from southern Europe and North Africa. Amphisbaenia - comprising over 180 extant species, most of which are legless (hindlimbs...
Richard (1983). Sauria Terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Part 10A [Sauria Terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Handbook of Paleoherpetology,...
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species in the genus Anelytropsis. It is endemic to Mexico. They look like Amphisbaenia, but are in fact, only distantly related. Although early authors did...
external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, and Pygopodidae). Living snakes are found on every continent...
Wilian; Santos, Alfredo P., Jr. (2008). "New pored Leposternon (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from Brazilian Cerrado". Zootaxa 1930: 18-38. ("Leposternon Wagler,...
reduced and not visible externally. The limbs are absent and, as in other Amphisbaenia, the body is covered by scales arranged in rings giving the animal a...
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The 238 lizard species found in Colombia represent 13 families. Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) Helmeted Iguana (Corytophanes cristatus) Blue-spotted...
Nicander's account seems to be referring to what is indeed called the Amphisbaenia, a group of real lizards.[citation needed] The amphisbaena is said to...
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(2019-01-10). "Pectoral myology of limb-reduced worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) suggests decoupling of the musculoskeletal system during the evolution...
; Pisani, D.; Gauthier, J. A. (2015). "Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction". Proceedings of the Royal...
(Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 93–100. Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World"...
suborders: Lacertilia, the lizards Serpentes, the snakes (see also Ophidia) Amphisbaenia, the worm lizards Of these, the lizards form a paraphyletic group, since...
(2019-01-10). "Pectoral myology of limb-reduced worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) suggests decoupling of the musculoskeletal system during the evolution...
1–12. Broadley DG, Gans C, Visser J (1976). "Studies on Amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 6. The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa"...
(2007). "Phylogenetic revision of Rhineuridae (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenia) from the Eocene to Miocene of North America". The University of Kansas...
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