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
Bipes
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Two-legged Worm Lizards
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Handwühlen
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Tobenede Ormeøgler
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1802 |  |
Bipes Latreille (type species: Bipes canaliculatus Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille 1801) |
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1804 | |
Microdipus Hermann (type species: Bipes canaliculatus Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille 1801; syn. Gans 2005) |
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1811 | |
Bimanus Oppel (type species: Chamaesaura propus Schneider 1801; syn. Gans 2005) |
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1817 | |
Chirotes Cuvier (type species: "Bimane cannelé" [=Bipes canaliculatus Bonnaterre 1789 fide Gans 1967]; syn. Gans 2005) |
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1894 | |
Euchirotes Cope (type species: Euchirotes biporus Cope 1894; syn. Gans 2005) |
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1894 | |
Hemichirotes Dugès (type species: Hemichirotes tridactylus Dugès 1894; syn. Gans 2005) |
Contents:
3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in the family Amphisbaenidae. First recognized as a separate family by Gans (1978).
Distribution:
Mexico
(Baja California Norte,
Baja California Sur,
Guerrero,
Michoacan).
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Bipes biporus
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Five-toed Worm Lizard, Mole Lizard, Ajolote
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Fünfzehige Handwühle, Fünffingrige Handwühle
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Femtået Muldvarpeøgle
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1894 | |
Euchirotes biporus Cope |
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Euchirotes diporus [lapsus] Cope 1896 (Gans 2005) |
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Bipes biporus Stejneger & Barbour 1917 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Baja California Norte,
Baja California Sur).
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Bipes canaliculatus
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Four-toed Worm Lizard
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Vierfingrige Handwühle
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Firtået Muldvarpeøgle
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1801 | |
Bipes canaliculatus Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille |
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Chirotes canaliculatus Merrem 1820 |
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1795 | |
Lacerta lumbricoides Shaw (Gans 2005) |
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1798 | |
Lacerta mexicana Donndorff (Gans 2005) |
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1798 | |
Lacerta sulcata Suckow (Gans 2005) |
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1801 | |
Chamaesaura propus Schneider (Gans 2005) |
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1966 | |
Bipes caniculatus multiannulatus [lapsus] Alvarez "1964" (Gans 2005) |
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1977 | |
Bipes alvarezi Smith & Smith (Papenfuss 1982; Gans 2005) |
Remarks:
Flores-Villela, Smith, Chiszar & Zamudio (2004) demonstrated that the correct authorship of this species is Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille 1801, and not Bonnaterre 1789, as it was long thought.
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero,
Michoacan).
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Bipes tridactylus
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Three-toed Worm Lizard
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Dreifingrige Handwühle
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Tretået Muldvarpeøgle
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1894 | |
Hemichirotes tridactylus Dugès |
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Bipes tridactylus Smith & Necker 1943 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero).
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