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Amphisbaenidae (worm lizard)
Taxonomy
Amphisbaenidae was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Amphisbaenidae by Kearney (2003), Longrich et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ophiosauri by Cope (1871); to Opheosauri by Cope (1875); to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Sauria by Hay (1902); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Scincoidae by Hay (1930); to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1946); to Lacertilia by McGrew et al. (1959), Young (1961); to Amphisbaenia by Estes (1983); to Annulata by Carroll (1988); to Amphisbaenoidea by Kearney (2003); to Amphisbaenia by Seiffert (1975), Head (2005); to Squamata by Böhme (2008); to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1966), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2010); and to Amphisbaeniformes by Longrich et al. (2015).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Amphisbaenidae by Kearney (2003), Longrich et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ophiosauri by Cope (1871); to Opheosauri by Cope (1875); to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Sauria by Hay (1902); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Scincoidae by Hay (1930); to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1946); to Lacertilia by McGrew et al. (1959), Young (1961); to Amphisbaenia by Estes (1983); to Annulata by Carroll (1988); to Amphisbaenoidea by Kearney (2003); to Amphisbaenia by Seiffert (1975), Head (2005); to Squamata by Böhme (2008); to Amphisbaenia by Kuhn (1966), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2010); and to Amphisbaeniformes by Longrich et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Amphisbaenidae Gray |
| 1871 | Amphisbaenidae Cope p. 237 |
| 1875 | Amphisbaenidae Cope p. 20 |
| 1898 | Amphisbaenidae Gadow p. 27 |
| 1902 | Amphisbaenidae Hay p. 476 |
| 1928 | Amphisbaenidae Perrier p. 3098 |
| 1930 | Amphisbaenidae Hay p. 249 |
| 1946 | Amphisbaenidae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1959 | Amphisbaenidae McGrew et al. p. 136 |
| 1961 | Amphisbaenidae Young p. 118 |
| 1966 | Amphisbaenidae Kuhn p. 69 |
| 1975 | Amphisbaenidae Seiffert p. 10 |
| 1983 | Amphisbaenidae Estes |
| 1988 | Amphisbaenidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Amphisbaenidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2003 | Amphisbaenidae Kearney |
| 2005 | Amphisbaenidae Head |
| 2008 | Amphisbaenidae Böhme p. 169 |
| 2010 | Amphisbaenidae Böhme p. 26 |
| 2015 | Amphisbaenidae Longrich et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Amphisbaenidae Gray 1865 [worm lizard]
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G. Amphisbaena Linnaeus 1758
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Amphisbaena alba Linneaus 1758 [Red worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena braestrupi Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier 1829 [Blind worm lizard]
Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach and Peters 1878 [Cuban worm lizard]
Amphisbaena darwini Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Darwin's ringed worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fenestrata Cope 1861 [Cope's worm lizard]
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linneaus 1758 [Speckled worm lizard]
Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans and Alexander 1962 [Gonave worm lizard]
Amphisbaena innocens Weinland 1862 [Innocent worm lizard]
†Amphisbaena laurenti Gans and Montero 1998
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824 [Wagler's worm lizard]
G. Ancyclocranium Parker 1942 [Sharp-snouted worm lizards]
G. Anops Bell 1833 [King's worm lizards]
G. Baikia Gray 1865 [West African worm lizards]
G. Blanus Wagler 1830
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Blanus cinereus Vandelli 1797 [Mediterranean worm lizard]
†Blanus gracilis Roček 1984
†Blanus mendezi Bolet et al. 2014
Blanus strauchi Bedriaga 1884 [Turkish worm lizard]
†Blanus thomaskelleri Cernansky et al. 2015
Invalid names: Omoiotyphlops de Rochebrune 1884 [synonym]
G. Bronia Gray 1865 [Brazilian worm lizards]
Invalid names: Rhineurinae Vanzolini 1951 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Perrier 1928 | Corps vermiforme. Membres absents, au moins les postérieurs; queue très courte. Peau molle, dessinant des anneaux, eux-mêmes divisés en petites plaques carrées, derniers rudiments des écailles qui n'ont persisté que sur la tête. Yeux cachés sous la peau; pas d'oreilles. Bouche très petite, souvent reléguée en dessous. Crâne fortement ossifié, sans septum interorbitaire,sans columelle ni arcs. Langue bifide, couverte de papilles en forme d'écaillés. Reptiles à vie souterraine, surtout termitophiles ou myrmécophiles, creusant des galeries où ils peuvent se déplacer en avant et en arrière (amphi, de deux côtés, baiseis, marcher). Sur le sol, progressent par ondulations verticales. Insectivores. Dents grandes, peu nombreuses. — Afrique et Amérique. |