Family |
Genus |
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Species |
English common name |
| Amphisbaenidae |
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Typical Worm Lizards |
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Amphisbaena |
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Neotropical Worm Lizards |
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Amphisbaena acangaoba |
Bahia Helmeted Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena alba |
Common Red Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena albocingulata |
Asuncion Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena anaemariae |
Serra da Mesa Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena angustifrons |
Common South American Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena arda |
Mocambo do Vento Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena arenaria |
Raso da Catarina Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena arenicola |
Florianopolis Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena bakeri |
Puerto Rican Many-ringed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena barbouri |
Cuban Many-ringed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena bolivica |
Rio Pilcomayo Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena brevis |
Mato Grosso Short Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena caeca |
Puerto Rican Common Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena caetitensis |
Caetite Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena caiari |
Rio Madeira Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena camura |
Crooked Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena carlgansi |
Cuban Pink Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena carli |
Jatoba Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena carvalhoi |
Pesqueira Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena caudalis |
Cayemite Long-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena cayemite |
Cayemite Short-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena cegei |
Santa Cruz Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena crisae |
Cafeara Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena cubana |
Cuban Brown Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena cunhai |
Rio Jamari Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena darwinii |
Uruguayan Ringed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena dubia |
Piracicaba Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena fenestrata |
Virgin Islands Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena filiformis |
Babaculandia Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena frontalis |
Alagoado Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena fuliginosa |
Spotted Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena gonavensis |
Gonave Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena gracilis |
Slender Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena hastata |
Ibiraba Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena heathi |
Baixa Verde Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena hiata |
Corrientes Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena hogei |
Alcatrazes Island Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena hoogmoedi |
Jacareacanga Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena hyporissor |
Eastern Barahona Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena ibijara |
Ibijara Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena ignatiana |
Santo Indicio Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena innocens |
Tiburon Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena kiriri |
Campo Formoso Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena leali |
Pestel Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena leberi |
Western Barahona Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena leeseri |
Urucum Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena leucocephala |
White-headed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena littoralis |
Guamare Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena longinqua |
Piata Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena lumbricalis |
Rio Sao Francisco Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena manni |
Hispaniolan Dwarf Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena maranhensis |
Maranhao Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena mebengokre |
Arenopolis Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena medemi |
Atlantico Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena mertensii |
Sao Paulo Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena metallurga |
Espinhaco Mountains Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena miringoeira |
Rio Tapirapes Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena mitchelli |
Marajo Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena mongoyo |
Vitoria da Conquista Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena munoai |
Munoa Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena myersi |
Surinam Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena nana |
Sao Jeronimo Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena neglecta |
Chapada Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena nigricauda |
Black-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena occidentalis |
Western Peruvian Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena pericensis |
Perico Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena persephone |
Jaborandi Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena plumbea |
Leaden Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena polygrammica |
Central Peruvian Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena pretrei |
Rio Grande Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena prunicolor |
Plum-coloured Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena ridleyi |
Fernando do Noronha Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena rozei |
Bolivar Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena sanctaeritae |
Santa Rita Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena schmidti |
Puerto Rican Dusky Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena silvestrii |
Southern Mato Grosso Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena slateri |
Southern Peruvian Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena slevini |
Manaus Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena spurrelli |
Choco Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena stejnegeri |
Demerara Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena supernumeraria |
Catimbau Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena talisiae |
Serra da Pitomba Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena tiaraju |
Cerro Largo Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena townsendi |
Piura Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena tragorrhectes |
Oriximina Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena uroxena |
Tubercle-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena vanzolinii |
Marudi Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena vermicularis |
Vermiculate Worm Lizard |
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Amphisbaena xera |
Puerto Rican Xeric Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium |
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Sharp-snouted Worm Lizards |
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Ancylocranium barkeri |
Lindi Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium haasi |
Rondo Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium ionidesi |
Kilwa Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium newalae |
Newala Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium parkeri |
Northern Somali Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Ancylocranium somalicum |
Southern Somali Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Anops |
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Keel-headed Worm Lizards |
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Anops acrobeles |
Jalapao Worm Lizard |
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Anops bilabialatus |
Eastern Mato Grosso Worm Lizard |
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Anops kingii |
Pampas Worm Lizard |
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Aulura |
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Auro Worm Lizard |
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Aulura anomala |
Auro Worm Lizard |
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Baikia |
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Nigerian Worm Lizard |
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Baikia africana |
Nigerian Worm Lizard |
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Bronia |
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Brazilian Worm Lizards |
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Bronia bedai |
Anastacio Worm Lizard |
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Bronia brasiliana |
Lower Amazon Worm Lizard |
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Bronia kraoh |
Godias Worm Lizard |
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Bronia saxosa |
Tocantins Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia |
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Keel-tailed Worm Lizards |
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Cercolophia absaberi |
Caceres Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia bahiana |
Vila Nova Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia borellii |
Caiza Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia cuiabana |
Cuiaba Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia roberti |
Ipiranga Worm Lizard |
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Cercolophia steindachneri |
Caigara Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia |
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Pink Round-headed Worm Lizards |
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Chirindia bushbyi |
Mozambique Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia ewerbecki |
Mbanja Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia langi |
Limpopo Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia mpwapwaensis |
Mpwapwa Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia nanguruwensis |
Newala Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia occidentalis |
Soutpansberg Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia orientalis |
Mikindani Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia rondoensis |
Rondo Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Chirindia swynnertoni |
Chirinda Forest Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca |
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West African Round-headed Worm Lizards |
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Cynisca bifrontalis |
Omboue Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca chirioi |
Gbeleye Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca degrysi |
Sierra Leone Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca feae |
Guinea-Bissau Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca gansi |
Okoloma Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca haughi |
Lambarene Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca ivoirensis |
Gaboua Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca kigomensis |
Kigom Hills Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca kraussi |
Ghanese Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca leonina |
Los Archipelago Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca leucura |
White-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca liberiensis |
Liberian Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca manei |
Bamako Samba Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca muelleri |
Akropong Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca nigeriensis |
Takwashara Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca oligopholis |
Cassine River Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca rouxae |
Assacro Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca schaeferi |
Cameroon Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca senegalensis |
Senegal Worm Lizard |
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Cynisca williamsi |
Wenchi Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia |
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Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards |
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Dalophia angolensis |
East Angolan Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia colobura |
Sesheke Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia ellenbergeri |
Barotse Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia gigantea |
Kwango Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia granti |
Beira Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia jallae |
Zambian Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia longicauda |
Long-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia luluae |
Sandoa Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia pistillum |
Zambezi Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia transvaalensis |
Limpopo Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Dalophia welwitschii |
North Angolan Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard |
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Geocalamus |
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Wedge-snouted Worm Lizards |
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Geocalamus acutus |
Voi Wedge-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Geocalamus modestus |
Mpwapwa Wedge-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon |
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South American Worm Lizards |
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Leposternon bagual |
El Bagual Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon cerradense |
Cerrado Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon infraorbitale |
Central Brazilian Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon kisteumacheri |
Mocambinho Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon maximum |
Buritinopolis Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon microcephalum |
Small-headed Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon mineiro |
Buritizeiro Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon octostegum |
Bahia Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon polystegum |
East Brazilian Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon scutigerum |
Shielded Worm Lizard |
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Leposternon wuchereri |
Atlantic Forest Worm Lizard |
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Loveridgea |
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Round-snouted Worm Lizards |
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Loveridgea ionidesii |
Liwale Round-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Loveridgea phylofiniens |
Ujiji Round-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Mesobaena |
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Amazonian Dwarf Worm Lizards |
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Mesobaena huebneri |
Inirida Worm Lizard |
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Mesobaena rhachicephala |
Ridge-headed Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis |
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Spade-snouted Worm Lizards |
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Monopeltis adercae |
Lualaba Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis anchietae |
Mossamedes Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis capensis |
Cape Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis decosteri |
Delagoa Bay Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis galeata |
Helmeted Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis guentheri |
Western Congo Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis infuscata |
Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis jugularis |
Equatorial Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis kabindae |
Cabinda Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis leonhardi |
Kalahari Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis luandae |
Luanda Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis mauricei |
Botswana Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis perplexus |
Western Angolan Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis remaclei |
Lukulu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis rhodesiana |
Zimbabwe Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis scalper |
Carved Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis schoutedeni |
Kunungu Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis sphenorhynchus |
Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis vanderysti |
Wombali Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Monopeltis zambezensis |
Zambezi Spade-snouted Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis |
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Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards |
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Zygaspis arenicola |
Maputo Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis dolichomenta |
Congo Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis ferox |
Ferocious Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis kafuensis |
Kafue Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis maraisi |
Cabo Delgado Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis nigra |
Black Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis quadrifrons |
Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis vandami |
Mpumalanga Round-headed Worm Lizard |
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Zygaspis violacea |
Violet Round-headed Worm Lizard |
| Bipedidae |
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Two-legged Worm Lizards |
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Bipes |
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Two-legged Worm Lizards |
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Bipes biporus |
Five-toed Worm Lizard |
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Bipes canaliculatus |
Four-toed Worm Lizard |
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Bipes tridactylus |
Three-toed Worm Lizard |
| Blanidae |
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Mediterranean Worm Lizards |
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Blanus |
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Mediterranean Worm Lizards |
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Blanus alexandri |
Levant Worm Lizard |
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Blanus aporus |
Cilician Worm Lizard |
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Blanus cinereus |
Southwest Iberian Worm Lizard |
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Blanus mettetali |
Moroccan Worm Lizard |
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Blanus strauchi |
West Anatolian Worm Lizard |
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Blanus tingitanus |
Tangier Worm Lizard |
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Blanus vandellii |
Central Iberian Worm Lizard |
| Cadeidae |
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Cuban Worm Lizards |
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Cadea |
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Cuban Worm Lizards |
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Cadea blanoides |
Cuban Spotted Worm Lizard |
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Cadea palirostrata |
Cuban Sharp-nosed Worm Lizard |
| Rhineuridae |
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Florida Worm Lizard |
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Rhineura |
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Florida Worm Lizard |
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Rhineura floridana |
Florida Worm Lizard |
| Trogonophidae |
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Short-headed Worm Lizards |
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Agamodon |
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Chisel-headed Worm Lizards |
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Agamodon anguliceps |
Southern Somali Chisel-headed Worm Lizard |
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Agamodon arabicus |
Arabian Chisel-headed Worm Lizard |
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Agamodon compressus |
Flat Chisel-headed Worm Lizard |
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Agamodon immaculatus |
Central Somali Chisel-headed Worm Lizard |
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Diplometopon |
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Arabian Speckled Worm Lizard |
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Diplometopon zarudnyi |
Arabian Speckled Worm Lizard |
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Pachycalamus |
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Socotra Worm Lizard |
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Pachycalamus brevis |
Socotra Worm Lizard |
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Trogonophis |
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Sharp-tailed Worm Lizards |
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Trogonophis elegans |
Mauve Sharp-tailed Worm lizard |
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Trogonophis wiegmanni |
Checkerboard Worm Lizard |