Amphisbaena filiformis
Amphisbaena filiformis · described by RIBEIRO, GOMES, RODRIGUES DA SILVA, CINTRA & DA SILVA 2016
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 filiformis
- First described
- RIBEIRO, GOMES, RODRIGUES DA SILVA, CINTRA & DA SILVA 2016
- 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.