- Amphisbaenidae
Taxobox
name = Amphisbaenia
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Amphisbaenia
familia = Amphisbaenidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1865
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See TextThe Amphisbaenidae are a family ofamphisbaenian s, commonly known as worm lizards. They are found in South America, some Caribbean islands, and in sub-Saharan Africa. One primitive and somewhat aberrant genus, "Blanus", is native to Europe, and may represent a distinct familycite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Gans, Carl|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 216|isbn= 0-12-178560-2] .Members of the family are limbless, burrowing, lizard-like reptiles with a carnivorous diet. Some species have spade-like heads, while others have a narrow crest.
Genera
There are over 120 species in the family, grouped into seventeen genera.
*"Amphisbaena" Linnaeus, 1758
*"Ancylocranium " Scortecci 1930
*"Anops " Bell 1833
*"Aulura " Barbour 1914
*"Baikia " Gray 1865
*"Blanus " Vandelli 1797
*"Bronia " Wiegmann 1828
*"Cercolophia " Strauch 1881
*"Chirindia " Boulenger 1907
*"Cynisca" Duméril & Bibron 1839
*"Dalophia " Gray 1865
*"Geocalamus " Günther 1880
*"Leposternon " Hemprich 1820
*"Loveridgea " Tornier 1899
*"Mesobaena " Mertens 1925
*"Monopeltis " Smith 1848
*"Zygaspis " Peters 1854References
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