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Amphisbaenidae The Amphisbaenidae (common name: worm lizards) are a Family (biology), family of amphisbaenians, a group of limbless vertebrates. There are 12 genera, containing 183 species. Geographic range Amphisbaenids occur in South America, some Caribbean ...

, commonly known as worm lizards. 102

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are placed in this diverse genus.

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Amphisbaena''. ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Amphisbaena''.

Etymology

The specific names ''carlgansi'', ''carli'', and ''cegei'' are all in honor of

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Carl Gans (1923–2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphisbaena cegei'', p. 50; ''A. carlgansi'', p. 97).

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