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.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| barred surfperchAmphistichus argenteus Agassiz, 1854 | EmbiotocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-toed AmphiumaAmphiuma tridactylum Cuvier, 1827 | AmphiumidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Reed SnakeAmplorhinus multimaculatus Smith, 1847 | PseudoxyrhophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amyda ornata (Gray, 1861) | TrionychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kalkadoon GrasswrenAmytornis ballarae Condon, 1969 | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eyrean GrasswrenAmytornis goyderi (Gould, 1875) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black GrasswrenAmytornis housei (Milligan, 1902) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed GrasswrenAmytornis merrotsyi Mellor, 1913 | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandhill GrasswrenAmytornis oweni Mathews, 1911 | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky GrasswrenAmytornis purnelli (Mathews, 1914) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striated GrasswrenAmytornis striatus (Gould, 1840) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western GrasswrenAmytornis textilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia striaticollis Lafresnaye, 1841 | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticeps (P. L. Sclater, 1857) | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anabarilius alburnops (Regan, 1914) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius brevianalis Zhou & Cui, 1992 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius liui (Chang, 1944) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius longicaudatus Chen, 1986 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius maculatus Chen & Chu, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius polylepis (Regan, 1904) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius qionghaiensis Chen, 1986 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius songmingensis Chen & Chu, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius transmontanus (Nichols, 1925) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius xundianensis He, 1984 | CyprinidaeChordata | 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.