Amphisbaena worm lizards . Over 100 species are placed in this diverse genus.
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena .
Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001) Amphisbaena acrobeles (Ribeiro, Castro-Mello & Nogueira, 2009) Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 - white worm lizardAmphisbaena albocingulata Boettger, 1885 Amphisbaena amazonica Vanzolini, 1951 Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini, 1997 Amphisbaena angustifrons Cope, 1861 Amphisbaena anomala (Barbour, 1914) Amphisbaena arda Rodrigues, 2003 Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini, 1964 Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 - Baker's worm lizardAmphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander, 1962 Amphisbaena bassleri Vanzolini, 1951 Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini, 1991) Amphisbaena bilabialatus (Stimson, 1972) Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens, 1929 Amphisbaena borelli Peracca, 1897 Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray, 1865) Amphisbaena brevis Strüssmann & Mott, 2009 Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 - Puerto Rican worm lizardAmphisbaena camura Cope, 1862 Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges, 1998 Amphisbaena carli Pinna et al., 2010 Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965 Amphisbaena caudalis Cochran, 1928 Amphisbaena cayemite Thomas & Hedges, 2006 Amphisbaena cegei Montero, Sáfadez & Álvarez, 1997 Amphisbaena cerradensis (Ribeiro, Vaz-Silva & Santos, 2008) Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini, 1997 Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & W. Peters, 1879 Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strüssman & Carvalho, 2001) Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1991 Amphisbaena darwinii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 - Darwin's worm lizardAmphisbaena dubia L. Müller, 1924 Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 - black and white amphisbaenianAmphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962 Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena heathi K. Schmidt, 1936 Amphisbaena heterozonata Burmeister, 1861 Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez, 2002 Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini, 1950 Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas, 1965 Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues, Andrade & Lima, 2003 Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini, 1991 Amphisbaena infraorbitale (Berthold, 1859) Amphisbaena innocens Weinland, 1862 Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833) Amphisbaena kisteumacheri (Porto, Soares & Caramaschi, 2000) Amphisbaena kraoh (Vanzolini, 1971) Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges, 2006 Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, 1964 Amphisbaena leucocephala W. Peters, 1878 Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini, 1996 Amphisbaena manni Barbour, 1914 Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel, 2012 Amphisbaena maximus (Ribeiro et al., 2011) Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977 Amphisbaena mensae Castro-Mello, 2000 Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena microcephalum (Wagler, 1824) Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1966 Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988 Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt, 1936 Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans, 1966 Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope, 1876 Amphisbaena octostegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, 1921 Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872 Amphisbaena polygrammica F. Werner, 1900 Amphisbaena polystegum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Amphisbaena pretrei A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope, 1885) Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger, 1890 - Ridley's worm lizard or Noronha worm lizardAmphisbaena roberti Gans, 1964 Amphisbaena rozei Lancini, 1963 Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini, 1994 Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-Mello, 2003) Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 - Schmidt's worm lizardAmphisbaena scutegirum Hemprich, 1820 Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger, 1902 Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger, 1907 Amphisbaena slevini K. Schmidt, 1938 Amphisbaena spurelli Boulenger, 1915 Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch, 1881 Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven, 1922 Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & dos Santos, 2009 Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini, 1995 Amphisbaena townsendi Stejneger, 1911 Amphisbaena trachura Cope, 1885 Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini, 1971 Amphisbaena uroxena Mott et al., 2008 Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 Amphisbaena varia Laurenti, 1768 Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824 Amphisbaena wiedi Vanzolini, 1951 Amphisbaena wuchereri (W. Peters, 1879) Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 - Puerto Rican dryland worm lizardNota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphisbaena .
The specific names, carlgansi , carli , and cegei , are all in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923-2009), for his contributions to the knowledge of Amphisbaenians.
