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Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209628

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Tropical Worm Lizards [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Amphisbaenia – Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenians
	Family	Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865 – Tropical Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenids
	Genus	Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 – Tropical Worm Lizards
		Direct Children:
	Species	Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman and Carvalho, 2001)
	Species	Amphisbaena acangaoba Ribeiro, Gomides and Costa, 2020 – Helmeted Worm Lizard, Anfisbena-de-Capacete
	Species	Amphisbaena acrobeles (Ribeiro, Castro-Mello and Nogueira, 2009)
	Species	Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 – Red Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena albocingulata Boettger, 1885
	Species	Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997
	Species	Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861 – South American Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914) – Barbour's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003
	Species	Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991
	Species	Amphisbaena arenicola Perez and Borges-Martins, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964
	Species	Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 – Puerto Rican Many-ringed Worm Lizard, Baker's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena barbouri Gans and Alexander, 1962 – Cuban Many-ringed Worm Lizard, Cuban Many-ringed Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991)
	Species	Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972)
	Species	Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929
	Species	Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897
	Species	Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) – Brazilian Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena brevis Strüssmann and Mott, 2009
	Species	Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 – Puerto Rican Worm Lizard, Common Puerto Rican Worm Lizard, Blind Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena caetitensis Almeida, Freitas, Silva, Costa-Valverde, Rodrigues, Pires and Mott, 2018
	Species	Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio, Neto and Rodrigues, 2014
	Species	Amphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 – Crooked Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas and Hedges, 1998 – Cuban Pink Worm Lizard, Cuban Pink Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena carli Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri and Fernandes, 2010
	Species	Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 – Carvalho Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928 – Cayemite Long-tailed Worm Lizard, Cayemite Long-tailed Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas, 2006 – Cayemite Short-tailed Worm Lizard, Cayemite Short-tailed Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena cegei Montero, Sáfadez and Álvarez, 1997
	Species	Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997
	Species	Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach and Peters, 1879 – Cuban Brown Worm Lizard, Cuban Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman and Carvalho, 2001)
	Species	Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed and Avila, 1991
	Species	Amphisbaena darwinii Duméril and Bibron, 1839 – Darwin's Ringed Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924 – Uncertain Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) – Virgin Islands Worm Lizard, Cope's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena filiformis Ribeiro, Gomes, Rodrigues Da Silva, Cintra and Da Silva, 2016
	Species	Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991
	Species	Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 – Speckled Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans and Alexander, 1962 – Gonave Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881 – Slender Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991
	Species	Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt, 1936 – Heath's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena hiata Montero and Céspedez, 2002
	Species	Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 – Hoge's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira, Vaz-Silva, Santos-Jr., Graboski, Teixeira Jr., Dal Vechio and Ribeiro, 2018
	Species	Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965 – Barahona Worm Lizard, Barahona Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues and Andrade, 2003
	Species	Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991
	Species	Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862 – Tiburon Worm Lizard, Innocent Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833) – King's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena kiriri Ribeiro, Gomides and Costa, 2018
	Species	Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971)
	Species	Amphisbaena leali Thomas, 2006 – Pestel Worm Lizard, Pestel Amphisbaena
	Species	Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 – Urucum Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena leucocephala Peters, 1878 – Whitheaded Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito and Avila, 2014
	Species	Amphisbaena longinqua Texeira Junior, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, Sena and Rodrigues, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996
	Species	Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 – Hispaniolan Dwarf Worm Lizard, Mann's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes and Maciel, 2012
	Species	Amphisbaena mebengokre Ribeiro, Sá, Santos Jr., Graboski, Zaher, Guedes, Andrade and Vaz-Silva, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena medemi Gans and Mathers, 1977
	Species	Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 – Mertens' Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira Jr., Vechio and Clemente, 2015
	Species	Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971
	Species	Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 – Mitchell's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena mongoyo Texeira Junior, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, Sena and Rodrigues, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1960 – Munoa Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1989
	Species	Amphisbaena nana Perez and Borges-Martins, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn and Piatt, 1936 – Neglected Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 – Black-headed Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876 – Western Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921 – Perico Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena persephone Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri and Fernandes, 2014
	Species	Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 – Lead Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena polygrammica Werner, 1900 – Werner's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena pretrei Duméril and Bibron, 1839 – Rio Grande Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) – Plum-colored Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 – Ridley's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964
	Species	Amphisbaena rozei Lancini, 1963 – Roze's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994
	Species	Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003)
	Species	Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 – Schmidt's Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Dusky Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 – Silvestri's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 – Slater's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena slevini Schmidt, 1936 – Slevin's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena spurrelli Boulenger, 1915 – Spurrell's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881
	Species	Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922 – Stejneger's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues and Dos Santos, 2009
	Species	Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995
	Species	Amphisbaena tiaraju Perez and Borges-Martins, 2019
	Species	Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911
	Species	Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971
	Species	Amphisbaena uroxena Mott, Rodrigues, de Freitas and Silva, 2008
	Species	Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 – Vanzolini's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824 – Wagler's Worm Lizard
	Species	Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 – North American Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Dryland Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Xeric Worm Lizard, Dry Worm Lizard

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Amphisbaena

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Amphisbaena

	Source:	Reptile Database (2020), website (version Dec-2019)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org
	Reference for:	Amphisbaena

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Gans, Carl
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 289
	Page(s):	1-130
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0003-0090
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Amphisbaena

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