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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)    Genera Amphisbaena Neotropical Worm Lizards Ancylocranium Sharp-snouted Worm Lizards Anops Keel-headed Worm Lizards Aulura Auro Worm Lizard Baikia Nigerian Worm Lizard Bronia Brazilian Worm Lizards Cercolophia Keel-tailed Worm Lizards Chirindia Pink Round-headed Worm Lizards Cynisca West African Round-headed Worm Lizards Dalophia Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards Geocalamus Wedge-snouted Worm Lizards Leposternon South American Worm Lizards Loveridgea Round-snouted Worm Lizards Mesobaena Amazonian Dwarf Worm Lizards Monopeltis Spade-snouted Worm Lizards Zygaspis Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: January 1st, 2025. Biodiversity of the family Amphisbaenidae Bibliography of the family Amphisbaenidae Amphisbaenidae Typical Worm Lizards Eigentliche Doppelschleichen     Egentlige Ormeøgler Contents: Endemicity: 16 genera of which 4 (25.0%) are endemic   0% 100% 196 species of which 138 (70.4%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks:  Previously included the genera Bipes, Blanus, Cadea, and Rhineura, now placed in the separate families Bipedidae, Blanidae, Cadeidae, and Rhineuridae, respectively. Distribution:  West Indies, Panama, South America, Africa. Reported from: Angola, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe.