Which countries and regions have most worm lizard species?

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically


Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Brazil
 74
No. 2
Bahia [Brazil]
 26
No. 3
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 23
No. 4
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 16
No. 5
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 16
No. 6
Zimbabwe
 16
No. 7
Para [Brazil]
 15
No. 8
Bolivia
 14
No. 9
Goias [Brazil]
 14
No. 10
Tanzania
 14
No. 11
Zambia
 14
No. 12
Mozambique
 13
No. 13
Paraguay
 13
No. 14
South Africa
 13
No. 15
Tocantins [Brazil]
 13
No. 16
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 12
No. 17
Argentina
 11
No. 18
Congo-Kinshasa
 11
No. 19
Limpopo [South Africa]
 11
No. 20
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 11
No. 21
Angola
 10
No. 22
Botswana
 10
No. 23
Namibia
 10
No. 24
Maranhao [Brazil]
 9
No. 25
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 9
No. 26
Rondonia [Brazil]
 9
No. 27
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 9
No. 28
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 8
No. 29
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 7
No. 30
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 7
No. 31
Parana [Brazil]
 7
No. 32
Peru
 7
No. 33
Alagoas [Brazil]
 6
No. 34
Amazonas [Brazil]
 6
No. 35
Ceara [Brazil]
 6
No. 36
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 6
No. 37
Guinea
 6
No. 38
Haiti
 6
No. 39
Paraiba [Brazil]
 6
No. 40
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 6
No. 41
Sergipe [Brazil]
 6
No. 42
Colombia
 5
No. 43
Congo-Brazzaville
 5
No. 44
Cuba
 5
No. 45
Nigeria
 5
No. 46
North West Province [South Africa]
 5
No. 47
Piaui [Brazil]
 5
No. 48
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 5
No. 49
Somalia
 5
No. 50
Venezuela
 5
No. 51
Gabon
 4
No. 52
Ghana
 4
No. 53
Guinea-Bissau
 4
No. 54
Guyana
 4
No. 55
Morocco
 4
No. 56
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 4
No. 57
Puerto Rico
 4
No. 58
Surinam
 4
No. 59
Uruguay
 4
No. 60
Acre [Brazil]
 3
No. 61
Amapa [Brazil]
 3
No. 62
Cameroon
 3
No. 63
French Guiana [France]
 3
No. 64
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 3
No. 65
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 3
No. 66
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 67
Malawi
 3
No. 68
Mexico
 3
No. 69
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 3
No. 70
Senegal
 3
No. 71
Turkey
 3
No. 72
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 2
No. 73
Central African Republic
 2
No. 74
Ecuador
 2
No. 75
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 2
No. 76
Fernando do Noronha [Brazil]
 2
No. 77
Guerrero [Mexico]
 2
No. 78
Ilha de Alcatrazes [Brazil]
 2
No. 79
Iraq
 2
No. 80
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 2
No. 81
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 2
No. 82
Panama
 2
No. 83
Portugal
 2
No. 84
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
 2
No. 85
Queimada Grande [Brazil]
 2
No. 86
Roraima [Brazil]
 2
No. 87
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 88
Spain
 2
No. 89
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 2
No. 90
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 2
No. 91
Trinidad & Tobago
 2
No. 92
Yemen
 2
No. 93
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 94
Algeria
 1
No. 95
Bahrain
 1
No. 96
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 97
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 98
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 99
Benin
 1
No. 100
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 1
No. 101
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 102
Burkina Faso
 1
No. 103
Chad
 1
No. 104
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 105
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 106
Equatorial Guinea
 1
No. 107
Eswatini
 1
No. 108
Ethiopia
 1
No. 109
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 110
Free State [South Africa]
 1
No. 111
Gambia
 1
No. 112
Gauteng [South Africa]
 1
No. 113
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 114
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 115
Greece
 1
No. 116
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 1
No. 117
Iran
 1
No. 118
Isla Beata [Dominican Republic]
 1
No. 119
Kenya
 1
No. 120
Kuwait
 1
No. 121
Lebanon
 1
No. 122
Liberia
 1
No. 123
Magaruque [Mozambique]
 1
No. 124
Mali
 1
No. 125
Margarita [Venezuela]
 1
No. 126
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 127
Niger
 1
No. 128
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 129
Oman
 1
No. 130
Qatar
 1
No. 131
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 132
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 133
Saint Croix [U.S. Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 134
Saudi Arabia
 1
No. 135
Socotra [Yemen]
 1
No. 136
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 137
Syria
 1
No. 138
Togo
 1
No. 139
Tunisia
 1
No. 140
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1
No. 141
United Arab Emirates
 1
No. 142
USA
 1
No. 143
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 144
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 1