Listromycter leakeyi Charig and Gans 1990 (worm lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Amphisbaenidae

Full reference: A. J. Charig and C. Gans. 1990. Two new amphisbaenians from the Lower Miocene of Kenya. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 46(1):19-36

Belongs to Listromycter according to A. J. Charig and C. Gans 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R.8292

Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island amphisbaenian locality (Miocene of Kenya)

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