Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Brazil
 74
No. 2
Zimbabwe
 16
No. 3
Bolivia
 14
No. 4
Tanzania
 14
No. 5
Zambia
 14
No. 6
Mozambique
 13
No. 7
Paraguay
 13
No. 8
South Africa
 13
No. 9
Argentina
 11
No. 10
Congo-Kinshasa
 11
No. 11
Angola
 10
No. 12
Botswana
 10
No. 13
Namibia
 10
No. 14
Peru
 7
No. 15
Guinea
 6
No. 16
Haiti
 6
No. 17
Colombia
 5
No. 18
Congo-Brazzaville
 5
No. 19
Nigeria
 5
No. 20
Venezuela
 5
No. 21
Dominican Republic
 4
No. 22
Gabon
 4
No. 23
Ghana
 4
No. 24
Guinea-Bissau
 4
No. 25
Guyana
 4
No. 26
Puerto Rico
 4
No. 27
Surinam
 4
No. 28
Uruguay
 4
No. 29
Cameroon
 3
No. 30
Cuba
 3
No. 31
French Guiana [France]
 3
No. 32
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 33
Malawi
 3
No. 34
Senegal
 3
No. 35
Central African Republic
 2
No. 36
Ecuador
 2
No. 37
Panama
 2
No. 38
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 39
Somalia
 2
No. 40
Trinidad & Tobago
 2
No. 41
Benin
 1
No. 42
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 43
Burkina Faso
 1
No. 44
Chad
 1
No. 45
Equatorial Guinea
 1
No. 46
Eswatini
 1
No. 47
Gambia
 1
No. 48
Kenya
 1
No. 49
Liberia
 1
No. 50
Mali
 1
No. 51
Niger
 1
No. 52
Togo
 1
No. 53
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1