Species

Amphisbaena caetitensis

Amphisbaena caetitensis · described by ALMEIDA, FREITAS, SILVA, COSTA-VALVERDE, RODRIGUES, PIRES & MOTT 2018

Red Worm Lizard, a close relative of Amphisbaena caetitensis

Pictured: Red Worm Lizard, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Diogo B. Provete, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Amphisbaena caetitensis
First described
ALMEIDA, FREITAS, SILVA, COSTA-VALVERDE, RODRIGUES, PIRES & MOTT 2018
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Amphisbaenidae
Genus
Amphisbaena

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree