Trogonophidae

Taxobox
name = Trogonophidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Amphisbaenia
familia = Trogonophidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1865
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See Text

The Trogonophidae,(Palearctic Worm Lizards or Desert Ringed Lizards), are a family of Amphisbaenians. Trogonophids are found in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Iran. They are limbless, carnivorous, lizard-like reptiles highly modified for burrowing. They construct their tunnels with an oscillating motion that forces soil into the walls. Unlike other amphisbaenians, their teeth are fused to their jaws, rather than lying in a groovecite 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= 216-217|isbn= 0-12-178560-2] .

Genera

*"Agamodon" Peters, 1882
*"Diplometopon" Nikolskii, 1907
*"Pachycalamus" Günther, 1881
*"Trogonophis" Kaup, 1830

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