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