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| Amphisbaena alba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Anops, Aporarchus, Aulura, Bronia, Cephalopeltis, Cercolophia, Cynisca, Diphalus, Lepidosternon, Ophioproctus, Rhinoblanus, Sarea[1][2] | |
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Amphisbaena is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. [citation needed] Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.
- ^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Amphisbæna, p. 435).
- ^ Genus Amphisbaena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.