Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Anops
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Keel-headed Worm Lizards
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Kielkopf-Doppelschleichen
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Kølsnudede Ormeøgler
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1833 |  |
Anops Bell (type species: Anops kingii Bell 1833) |
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1916 | |
Anopsibaena Stejneger [substitute name for Anops Bell 1833 believed preoccupied by Anops Oken 1815, a name later shown to be unavailable (Hemming 1956)] |
Contents:
3 species, of which 2 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Mott & Vieites (2009) synonymized Anops (as well as
Aulura,
Bronia,
Cercolophia, and
Leposternon)
with
Amphisbaena.
These genera are retained as valid herein, following many subsequent works (e.g., Ribeiro, Nogueira, Cintra, Silva & Zaher 2011; Ribeiro, Santos-Junior & Zaher 2015;
Costa & Bernils 2014; Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016, Ribeiro, Silveira & Santos-Junior 2018).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Mato Grosso,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina,
Tocantins),
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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Anops acrobeles
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Jalapão Worm Lizard
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Jalapão-Doppelschleiche
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Jalapão-ormeøgle
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Anops acrobeles Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira |
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Amphisbaena acrobeles Mott & Vieites 2009 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Tocantins).
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Anops bilabialatus
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Eastern Mato Grosso Worm Lizard
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Östliche Mato-Grosso-Doppelschleiche
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Østlig Mato Grosso-ormeøgle
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Anops bilabialatus Stimson |
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Amphisbaena bilabialata Mott & Vieites 2009 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Mato Grosso).
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Anops kingii
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Pampas Worm Lizard, (King's Worm Lizard)
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Pampas-Doppelschleiche
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Pampas-ormeøgle
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1833 | |
Anops kingii Bell |
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Amphisbaena kingii Mott & Vieites 2009 |
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1834 | |
Amphisbaena galeata Wiegmann [nomen nudum] (Gans 1964) |
Remarks:
Recorded from Paraguay, but without exact localities (e.g., Koslowsky 1898; Bertoni 1914, 1939; Gatti 1955; Talbot 1979).
Nearest known exact locality is in Argentina, about 70 km from the border to Paraguay (Cacciali, Scott, Aquino Ortíz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina),
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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