Amphisbaenidae
| Amphisbaenidae | |
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| Amphisbaena alba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865 |
| Genera | |
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12 extant, see text | |
The Amphisbaenidae (
limbless vertebrates
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Geographic range
Amphisbaenids occur in South America, some Caribbean islands, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
One deep-branching and somewhat aberrant
Blanidae.[2]
Description
Members of the family Amphisbaenidae are limbless,
Extant genera
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Over 170 extant species are in the family, grouped into 12 genera:
- Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758
- Ancylocranium Parker, 1942
- Baikia Gray, 1865
- Chirindia Boulenger, 1907
- Cynisca A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
- Dalophia Gray, 1865
- Geocalamus Günther, 1880
- Leposternon Wagler, 1824[5]
- Loveridgea Tornier, 1899
- Mesobaena Mertens, 1925
- Monopeltis A. Smith, 1848
- Zygaspis Cope, 1885
Fossil genera
A number of extinct taxa are known from the fossil record:[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-12-178560-4.
- ^ Amphisbaenidae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 February 2017.
- ISSN 1469-7998.
- JSTOR 3884562.
- ^ Ribeiro, Síria; Vaz-Silva, Wilian; Santos, Alfredo P., Jr. (2008). "New pored Leposternon (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from Brazilian Cerrado". Zootaxa 1930: 18-38. ("Leposternon Wagler, 1824", p. 18).
- ^ "Amphisbaenidae Gray 1865". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
- ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Family Amphisbaenidae, pp. 276–277).
External links
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