Bipes biporus

Taxobox
name = Two-Legged Worm Lizard
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Amphisbaenia
familia = Bipedidae
genus = "Bipes"
species = "B. biporus"
binomial = "Bipes biporus"
binomial_authority = (Cope, 1894)

Common Names: Two-legged worm lizard (also written wormlizard), Mexican mole lizard, five-toed worm lizard, Ajolote

Bipes biporus is one of four species of the genus Bipes, the only amphisbaenians to have legs. Bipes means "two-footed", while "wormlizard" captures the fact that amphisbaenians are wormlike reptiles.

Breeding

This species is oviparous and the females lay one to four eggs in July, starting when they are four years old. The eggs hatch after two months.

Location

The two-legged worm lizard lives in Baja California, Mexico. Like all other amphisbaenians this is a burrowing species. It surfaces at night and after heavy rain.

Diet

It is a carnivore and eats ants, termites, ground dwelling insects, larvae, and earthworms.

ize

Length about 17–24 cm, width 6 to 7 mm.

References

* Smithsonian Institution
* [http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Bipes&species=biporus Bipes biporus] at the "Reptile Database"

External links

* http://animals.jrank.org/pages/3700/Mole-Limbed-Wormlizards-Bipedidae-TWO-LEGGED-WORMLIZARD-Bipes-biporus-SPECIES-ACCOUNT.html
* http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Bipes_biporus.html#Bipes%20biporus
* http://www.bluechameleon.org/Photo%20&%20Image%20Stockpile%20-%20BCV/WEB%20-%20Bipes%20biporus.htm
* http://mexico-herps.com/Baja/Bipes_biporus.jpg