THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Amphisbaenidae · Clear filter
111 records · page 1 of 3
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amphisbaena acrobeles (Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira, 2009) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red Worm LizardAmphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American Worm LizardAmphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena arenicola Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baker's Worm LizardAmphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena bilabialata (Stimson, 1972) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian Worm LizardAmphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blind Worm LizardAmphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crooked Worm LizardAmphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuban Pink AmphisbaenaAmphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges, 1998 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena carli Pinna, Mendonça, Bocchiglieri & Fernandes, 2010 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cayemite Short-tailed AmphisbaenaAmphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges, 2006 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uncertain Worm LizardAmphisbaena dubia Müller, 1924 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena elbakyanae Torres-Ramírez, Angarita-Sierra & Vargas-Ramírez, 2021 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Worm LizardAmphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mottled Amphisbaena [bassleri]Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender Worm LizardAmphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez, 2002 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena hoogmoedi Oliveira, Vaz-Silva, Santos-Jr, Graboski, Teixeira Jr, Dal Vechio & Ribeiro, 2018 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Innocent Worm LizardAmphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1863 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Whitheaded Worm LizardAmphisbaena leucocephala Peters, 1878 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena longinqua Texeira Junior, Dal Vechio, Recoder, Cassimiro, Sena & Rodrigues, 2019 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniolan Dwarf WormlizardAmphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena metallurga Costa, Resende, Teixeira, Vechio & Clemente, 2015 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Munoa Worm LizardAmphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1960 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena nana Perez & Borges-Martins, 2019 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed Worm LizardAmphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Perico Worm LizardAmphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lead Worm LizardAmphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ridley's Worm LizardAmphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slater's Worm LizardAmphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stejneger's Worm LizardAmphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphisbaena uroxena Mott, Rodrigues, de Freitas & Silva, 2008 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanzolini's Worm LizardAmphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dry Worm LizardAmphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lindi Sharp-snouted Worm LizardAncylocranium barkeri Loveridge, 1946 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kilwa Sharp-snouted Worm LizardAncylocranium ionidesi Loveridge, 1955 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali Sharp-snouted Worm LizardAncylocranium somalicum (Scortecci, 1931) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| West African Worm LizardBaikia africana Gray, 1865 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
111 records · page 1 of 3
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.