The Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus), also commonly known as the five-toed worm lizard, or simply as Bipes, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Bipedidae.[1] The species is endemic to the Baja California Peninsula. It is one of three species of amphisbaenians that have legs.
| Mexican mole lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Bipedidae |
| Genus: | Bipes |
| Species: | B. biporus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bipes biporus (Cope, 1894)
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- ^ "Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorable Mexican Mole Lizard Has a Disgusting Reputation".
this is one of the strangest, most mysterious reptiles on Earth (it technically isn't a lizard or a snake, but sits in a category all its own, the amphisbaenians), with powerful front limbs and rear limbs that have vanished save for vestigial bones you can only make out on X-rays.
- ^ Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Bipes biporus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63723A12710548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63723A12710548.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Species Bipes biporus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.