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Leposternon
Sign in to saveLeposternon is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards. 11 species are placed in this genus.
Species
Smallhead Worm Lizard
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAmphisbaenidae
Leposternon es un género de reptiles de la familia de los amfisbénidos. Sus 10 especies habitan en regiones templadas y cálidas del norte y centro de Sudamérica y son denominadas comúnmente culebras de dos cabezas o víboras ciegas.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Amphisbaenidae
- Collections
- BYU, SMNS, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, LSUMZ, AMNH, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leposternon is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards. 11 species are placed in this genus.
==Species== The following species are recognized as being valid. Leposternon bagual Ribeiro, Santos Jr. & Zaher, 2015 Leposternon cerradensis Ribeiro, Vaz-Silva & Santos Jr., 2008 Leposternon infraorbitale (Berthold, 1859) – Berthold's worm lizard Leposternon kisteumacheri Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000 Leposternon maximus Ribeiro, Nogueira, Cintra, da Silva & Zaher, 2011 Leposternon microcephalum Wagler, 1824 – smallhead worm lizard Leposternon mineiro Ribeiro, Silveira & Santos Jr., 2018 Leposternon octostegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Duméril's worm lizard Leposternon polystegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Bahia worm lizard Leposternon scutigerum (Hemprich), 1820 – shielded worm lizard Leposternon wuchereri (W. Peters, 1879) – Wucherer's worm lizard
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leposternon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.