Mexican Mole Lizard

Taxobox
name = Mexican Mole Worm
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:Mexican mole lizard,Five-toed Worm lizard,Ajolote or Ajolote lizard

The Mexican Mole Lizard,Five-toed Worm Lizard ("Bipes biporus") is one of four amphisbaenians that have "legs".They are pink 6-9in lizards that live for 1-2 years and eat ground dwelling insects and earthworms.

Breeding

This species is oviparous and it only breeds underground.

Location

The Mexican Mole Lizard lives in Baja California, Mexico. Like all other amphisbaenians this is a burrowing species that only surfaces after heavy rain.

Diet

It is an opportunist and eats small animals including lizards and insects. When it does it usually pulls its prey down to the ground to start its meal.

ize

Up to 6.5–9.5 in (17–24 cm).

References

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

External links

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FFghfc0F4&feature=related