Species

Ancylocranium somalicum

Ancylocranium somalicum · described by (SCORTECCI 1931)

Red Worm Lizard, a close relative of Ancylocranium somalicum

Pictured: Red Worm Lizard, a close relative from the same family. 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
Ancylocranium somalicum
First described
(SCORTECCI 1931)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Amphisbaenidae
Genus
Ancylocranium
Subspecies
  • Ancylocranium somalicum somalicum (SCORTECCI 1931)
  • Ancylocranium somalicum parkeri GANS & KOCHVA 1966

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

Where it sits on the tree