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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Monopeltis perplexus Gans, 1976 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Witte's Worm LizardMonopeltis remaclei de Witte, 1933 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zimbabwe wedge-snouted amphisbaenianMonopeltis rhodesiana Broadley, Gans & Visser, 1976 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carved Worm LizardMonopeltis scalper (Günther, 1876) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Middle Congo Worm LizardMonopeltis schoutedeni de Witte, 1933 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender Spade-snouted Worm LizardMonopeltis sphenorhynchus (Peters, 1879) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderyst Worm LizardMonopeltis vanderysti de Witte, 1922 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zambezi wedge-snouted amphisbaenianMonopeltis zambezensis Gans & Broadley, 1974 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley & Broadley, 1997 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zygaspis maraisi Broadley & Measey, 2016 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Van Dam’s Dwarf Worm LizardZygaspis vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.