Bipes (lizard)
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| Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Bipedidae |
| Genus: | Bipes Latreille, 1801 |
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Bipes is a
carnivorous, burrowing reptiles, but unlike other species of amphisbaenians, they possess two stubby forelimbs placed far forward on the body.[3] They also retain an almost complete pectoral girdle.[4] The shovel-like limbs are used to scrape away soil while burrowing, in a manner similar to a mole.[5]
Evidence for their occurrence in the United States is reviewed by Somma (1993).
References
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- PMID 25833855.
- ^ "5 Amazing Creatures You May Find While Adventuring". What am I doing online?. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
- PMID 30630409.
- ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
Further reading
- Latreille PA (1801). In: Sonnini CS, Latreiile PA (1801). Histoire naturelle des reptiles, avec figures desinées d'après nature; Tome II. Premiere partie. Quadrupèdes et bipèdes ovipares. Paris: Crapalet. 332 pp. (Bipes, pp. 90–96.)
- Taylor EH (1951). "Concerning Oligocene Amphisbaenid Reptiles". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34 (9): 521–579. (Bipedidae, p. 522.)
- Somma, Louis A. (1993). "Do Worm Lizards Occur in Nebraska?" Nebraska Herpetological Newsletter 12 (2): 1–10
External links
- "Family Bipedidae (Two-legged Worm Lizards)". J. Craig Venter Institute. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009.
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