Puerto Rican Worm lizard

Puerto Rican Worm lizard

Taxobox
name = Puerto Rican Worm Lizard



image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Amphisbaenia
familia = Amphisbaenidae
genus = "Amphisbaena"
species = "A. caeca"
binomial = "Amphisbaena caeca"
binomial_authority = Cuvier, 1829

The Puerto Rican Worm lizard ("Amphisbaena caeca") is a species of worm lizard endemic to Puerto Rico. These animals are vermicular reptiles that live under logs, rocks and dirt. Other species of Amphisbaena exist in the Caribbean such as "Amphisbaena schmiditi", "Amphisbaena xera", "Amphisbaena fenestrata", "Cadea blanoides" and "Amphisbaena bakeri".

ee also

*List of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico
*List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/wildlife-facts/2003/wildlife-facts-april-2003.shtml Caribbean National Forest]
* [http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/metazoa13.html Kignsnake: The Reptile and Amphibian hobbyist]


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