Which countries have most worm lizard 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
Cuba
5
No. 20
Nigeria
5
No. 21
Somalia
5
No. 22
Venezuela
5
No. 23
Gabon
4
No. 24
Ghana
4
No. 25
Guinea-Bissau
4
No. 26
Guyana
4
No. 27
Morocco
4
No. 28
Puerto Rico
4
No. 29
Surinam
4
No. 30
Uruguay
4
No. 31
Cameroon
3
No. 32
French Guiana [France]
3
No. 33
Ivory Coast
3
No. 34
Malawi
3
No. 35
Mexico
3
No. 36
Senegal
3
No. 37
Turkey
3
No. 38
Central African Republic
2
No. 39
Ecuador
2
No. 40
Iraq
2
No. 41
Panama
2
No. 42
Portugal
2
No. 43
Sierra Leone
2
No. 44
Spain
2
No. 45
Trinidad & Tobago
2
No. 46
Yemen
2
No. 47
Algeria
1
No. 48
Bahrain
1
No. 49
Benin
1
No. 50
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
1
No. 51
Burkina Faso
1
No. 52
Chad
1
No. 53
Equatorial Guinea
1
No. 54
Eswatini
1
No. 55
Ethiopia
1
No. 56
Gambia
1
No. 57
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
1
No. 58
Greece
1
No. 59
Iran
1
No. 60
Kenya
1
No. 61
Kuwait
1
No. 62
Lebanon
1
No. 63
Liberia
1
No. 64
Mali
1
No. 65
Niger
1
No. 66
Oman
1
No. 67
Qatar
1
No. 68
Saudi Arabia
1
No. 69
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
1
No. 70
Syria
1
No. 71
Togo
1
No. 72
Tunisia
1
No. 73
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
1
No. 74
United Arab Emirates
1
No. 75
USA
1