Ancylocranium is a genus of amphisbaenians, commonly known as sharp-snouted worm lizards, in the family Amphisbaenidae. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancylocranium Parker, 1942 |
| Species | |
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Three, see text. | |
Species edit
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ancylocranium barkeri Loveridge, 1946 – Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium ionidesi Loveridge, 1955 – Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium somalicum (Scortecci, 1930) – Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ancylocranium.
References edit
- ^ Genus Ancylocranium at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
Wikispecies has information related to Ancylocranium.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
- Loveridge A (1946). "A new worm-lizard (Ancylocranium barkeri ) from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 59: 73–76, Plate VIII.
- Loveridge A (1955). "On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. Ionides". Journal of the East African Natural History Society 22: 168–198. (Ancylocranium ionidesi, new species, pp. 169, 177–179).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91 (1): 1–101. (Ancylocranium, new genus, p. 57).
- Scortecci G (1930). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino [Third Series] 41 (10): 1–26. (Anops somalicus, new species). (in Italian).