Species

Amphisbaena eleutheria

Amphisbaena eleutheria · described by PEREZ, LIMA-RAMOS, OLIVEIRA & ÁVILA 2026

Red Worm Lizard, a close relative of Amphisbaena eleutheria — 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 eleutheria
First described: PEREZ, LIMA-RAMOS, OLIVEIRA & ÁVILA 2026
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