''Agamodon'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of worm lizards in the family

Trogonophidae Trogonophidae (Palearctic worm lizards or desert ringed lizards) is a small family of amphisbaenians, containing five species in four genera. Geographic range Trogonophids are found in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, ...

. They are found in the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

and in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula. The genus contains the following three species: *

Angled worm lizard The angled worm lizard (''Agamodon anguliceps'') is a species of reptile in the family Trogonophidae. It is found in Somalia in the Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopo ...

''Agamodon anguliceps'' Peters, 1882 *

Arabian worm lizard The Arabian worm lizard (''Agamodon arabicus'') is a species of reptiles in the family Trogonophidae. It is found in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula in Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Y ...

''Agamodon arabicus'' Anderson, 1901 *

Flat worm lizard The flat worm lizard (''Agamodon compressus'') is a species of reptile in the family Trogonophidae. It is found in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the ...

''Agamodon compressus'' Mocquard, 1888

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Lizard genera Reptiles of Africa Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{lizard-stub