The crooked worm lizard (Amphisbaena camura) is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.

Crooked worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. camura
Binomial name
Amphisbaena camura
Cope, 1862

Geographic range

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A. camura is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Scott, N.; Carreira, S.; Cacciali, P. (2016). "Amphisbaena camura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T63487978A63487986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63487978A63487986.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Amphisbaena camura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Cope ED (1862). "Catalogues of the REPTILES obtained during the Explorations of the Parana, Paraguay, Vermejo and Uruguay [sic] Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 346-359 + errata and addenda on p. 594. (Amphisbæna camura, new species, p. 350.)