two-legged worm lizard

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two-legged worm lizard

reptile

Also known as: Bipedidae

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Amphisbaenia Family Bipedidae (two-legged worm lizards) Worm lizards with front limbs that are molelike. 1 genus, Bipes, is known and contains 3 species. Restricted to western Mexico and Baja California. Family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards) Limbless, wormlike lizards that are found through much of the tropical world but are…
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Amphisbaenia Family Bipedidae (two-legged worm lizards) Worm lizards with front limbs that are molelike. 1 genus, Bipes, is known and contains 3 species. Restricted to western Mexico and Baja California. Family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards) Limbless, wormlike lizards that are found through much of the tropical world but are…
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