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Unresolved name

Shielded Worm Lizard

Amphisbaena scutigerum

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Amphisbaena scutigera Hemprich 1820
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records Germany
Amphisbaena scutigerum
Species recognized by wikipedia VI and wikipedia EU
Amphisbaena scutigerum Hemprich 1820
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Amphisbaena scutigerum Hemprich 1820
Recognized by ReptileDB
Leposternon scutigerum
Species recognized by South Atlantic Species List and Wildfinder (WWF)
Amphisbaena scutigerum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Leposternon scutigerum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Leposternon scutigerum (Hemprich 1820)
Species recognized by IUCN

Alternative Names

Amphisbaena scutigera Hemprich 1820
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Amphisbaena scutigerum
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Cephalopeltis cuvieri Müller 1832
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Cephalopeltis scutigerua
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Cephalopeltis scutigerua Gray 1865
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lepidosternon hemprichii Wiegmann & Ruthe 1831
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Lepidosternon scutigerum Duméril & Bibron 1839
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Leposternon scutigerum
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Leposternon scutigerum Peters Et Al. 1970
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Common Names

English

Shielded Worm Lizard preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Curated hierarchies for Amphisbaena scutigerum

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Lacertoidea
Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena scutigerum Hemprich 1820 (this page)
Amphisbaena absaberi (Strussman & Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena acrobeles (Ribeiro, Castro-mello & Nogueira 2009)
Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus 1758
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 bagual Ribeiro, Santos Jr & Zaher 2015
Amphisbaena bahiana Vanzolini 1964
Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger 1904
Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander 1962
Amphisbaena bassleri Vanzolini 1951
Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens 1929
Amphisbaena borelli Peracca 1897
Amphisbaena brasiliana (Gray 1865)
Amphisbaena brevis
Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier 1829
Amphisbaena caiari Teixeira Jr, Da Vechio, Neto & Rodrigues 2014
Amphisbaena camura Cope 1862
Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges 1998
Amphisbaena carli
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 Jr 2008)
Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini 1997
Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & Peters 1879
Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strussman & Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Avila 1991
Amphisbaena darwinii Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena dubia Müller 1924
Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope 1861)
Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini 1991
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander 1962
Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini 1991
Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt 1936
Amphisbaena heterozonata Burmeister 1861
Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez 2002
Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini 1950
Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues & Andrade 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 Peters 1878
Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila 2014
Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini 1996
Amphisbaena manni Barbour 1914
Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel 2012
Amphisbaena maximus (Ribeiro, Nogueira, Cintra, Da Silva & Zaher 2011)
Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers 1977
Amphisbaena mensae Castro 2000
Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena microcephalum (Wagler 1824)
Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini 1971
Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter 1923
Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach 1960
Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed 1988
Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt 1936
Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans 1966
Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope 1875
Amphisbaena octostegum (Duméril 1851)
Amphisbaena pericensis Noble 1921
Amphisbaena persephone
Amphisbaena polygrammica Werner 1900
Amphisbaena polystegum (Duméril 1851)
Amphisbaena pretrei Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885)
Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger 1890
Amphisbaena roberti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini 1994
Amphisbaena saxosa (Castro-mello 2003)
Amphisbaena schmidti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger 1902
Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger 1907
Amphisbaena slevini Schmidt 1936
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, Rodrigues, De Freitas & Silva 2008
Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans 1963
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824
Amphisbaena wiedi Vanzolini 1951
Amphisbaena wuchereri (Peters 1879)
Amphisbaena xera Thomas 1966
5 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaena Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena scutigerum Hemprich 1820 (this page)
Amphisbaena absaberi (Strussman & Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena 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
Amphisbaena barbouri Gans & Alexander 1962
Amphisbaena bedai (Vanzolini 1991)
Amphisbaena bolivica Mertens 1929
Amphisbaena borelli Peracca 1897
Amphisbaena braestrupi Gans & Montero 1998
Amphisbaena brevis
Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier 1829
Amphisbaena caetitensis
Amphisbaena camura Cope 1862
Amphisbaena carlgansi Thomas & Hedges 1998
Amphisbaena carli Pinna & Mendonça
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 Jr 2008)
Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini 1997
Amphisbaena cubana Gundlach & Peters 1879
Amphisbaena cuiabana (Strussman & Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena cunhai Hoogmoed & Avila 1991
Amphisbaena darwinii Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena dubia Müller 1924
Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope 1861)
Amphisbaena frontalis Vanzolini 1991
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena gonavensis Gans & Alexander 1962
Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena hastata Vanzolini 1991
Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt 1936
Amphisbaena heterozonata Burmeister 1861
Amphisbaena hiata Montero & Céspedez 2002
Amphisbaena hogei Vanzolini 1950
Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas 1965
Amphisbaena ibijara Rodrigues & Andrade 2003
Amphisbaena ignatiana Vanzolini 1991
Amphisbaena infraorbitale (Berthold 1859)
Amphisbaena innocens Weinland 1862
Amphisbaena kisteumacheri (Porto, Soares & Caramaschi 2000)
Amphisbaena laurenti Gans & Montero 1998
Amphisbaena leali Thomas & Hedges 2006
Amphisbaena leeseri Gans 1964
Amphisbaena leucocephala Peters 1878
Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila 2014
Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini 1996
Amphisbaena manni Barbour 1914
Amphisbaena maranhensis Gomes & Maciel 2012
Amphisbaena marmorata Houttuyn 1787
Amphisbaena maximus (Ribeiro, Nogueira, Cintra, Da Silva & Zaher 2011)
Amphisbaena mebengokre
Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers 1977
Amphisbaena mensae Castro 2000
Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena miringoera Vanzolini 1971
Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter 1923
Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach 1960
Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed 1988
Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt 1936
Amphisbaena nigricauda Gans 1966
Amphisbaena occidentalis Cope 1875
Amphisbaena octostegum (Duméril 1851)
Amphisbaena pericensis Noble 1921
Amphisbaena plumbea Gray 1872
Amphisbaena polygrammica Werner 1900
Amphisbaena polystegum (Duméril 1851)
Amphisbaena pretrei Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885)
Amphisbaena reticulata Thunberg 1787
Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger 1890
Amphisbaena roberti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena rozei Lancini 1963
Amphisbaena sanctaeritae Vanzolini 1994
Amphisbaena schmidti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger 1902
Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger 1907
Amphisbaena slevini Schmidt 1936
Amphisbaena spurelli Boulenger 1915
Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena stejnegeri Ruthven 1922
Amphisbaena supernumeraria Mott, Rodrigues & Dos Santos 2009
Amphisbaena talisiae Vanzolini 1995
Amphisbaena trachura Cope 1885
Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini 1971
Amphisbaena uroxena Mott, Rodrigues, De Freitas & Silva 2008
Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans 1963
Amphisbaena varia Laurenti 1768
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824
Amphisbaena wiedi Vanzolini 1951
Amphisbaena wuchereri (Peters 1879)
Amphisbaena xera Thomas 1966
14 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Amphisbaenidae
Leposternon scutigerum (Hemprich 1820) (this page)
Amphisbaena absaberi (Strüssmann & Carvalho 2001)
Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena anaemariae Vanzolini 1997
Amphisbaena crisae Vanzolini 1997
Amphisbaena darwini Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus 1758
Amphisbaena gracilis Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena hyporissor Thomas 1965
Amphisbaena kingii (Bell 1833)
Amphisbaena leeseri Gans 1964
Amphisbaena leucocephala Peters 1878
Amphisbaena littoralis Roberto, Brito & Ávila 2014
Amphisbaena lumbricalis Vanzolini 1996
Amphisbaena mertensii Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach 1960
Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt 1936
Amphisbaena pericensis Noble 1921
Amphisbaena polygrammica Werner 1900
Amphisbaena pretrei Duméril & Bibron 1839
Amphisbaena prunicolor (Cope 1885)
Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger 1890
Amphisbaena roberti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena schmidti Gans 1964
Amphisbaena silvestrii Boulenger 1902
Amphisbaena slateri Boulenger 1907
Amphisbaena slevini Schmidt 1936
Amphisbaena steindachneri Strauch 1881
Amphisbaena trachura Cope 1885
Amphisbaena tragorrhectes Vanzolini 1971
Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler 1824
Ancylocranium barkeri Loveridge 1946
Ancylocranium ionidesi Loveridge 1955
Ancylocranium somalicum (Scortecci 1930)
Baikia africana Gray 1845
Blanus cinereus (Vandelli 1797)
Blanus mettetali Bons 1963
Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga 1884)
Blanus tingitanus Busack 1988
Chirindia ewerbecki Werner 1910
Chirindia mpwapwaensis (Loveridge 1932)
Chirindia rondoensis (Loveridge 1941)
Chirindia swynnertoni Boulenger 1907
Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger 1906)
Cynisca degrysi (Loveridge 1941)
Cynisca feae (Boulenger 1906)
Cynisca gansi Dunger 1968
Cynisca haugi (Mocquard 1904)
Cynisca kigomensis Dunger 1968
Cynisca kraussi (Peters 1878)
Cynisca leonina (Müller 1885)
Cynisca leucura (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Cynisca liberiensis (Boulenger 1878)
Cynisca muelleri (Strauch 1881)
Cynisca nigeriensis Dunger 1968
Cynisca oligopholis (Boulenger 1906)
Cynisca rouxae Hahn 1979
Cynisca schaeferi (Sternfeld 1912)
Cynisca senegalensis Gans 1987
Cynisca williamsi Gans 1987
Dalophia angolensis Gans 1976
Dalophia ellenbergeri (Angel 1920)
Dalophia gigantea (Peracca 1903)
Dalophia longicauda (Werner 1915)
Dalophia luluae (De Witte & Laurent 1942)
Dalophia pistillum (Boettger 1895)
Geocalamus acutus Sternfeld 1912
Geocalamus modestus Günther 1880
Leposternon microcephalum Wagler 1824
Leposternon polystegum (Duméril 1851)
Loveridgea ionidesii (Battersby 1950)
Loveridgea phylofiniens (Tornier 1899)
Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Da Rocha & Pereira 2009
Monopeltis adercae De Witte 1953
Monopeltis anchietae (Bocage 1873)
Monopeltis decosteri Boulenger 1910
Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell 1852)
Monopeltis guentheri Boulenger 1885
Monopeltis infuscata Broadley 1997
Monopeltis jugularis Peters 1880
Monopeltis kabindae De Witte & Laurent 1942
Monopeltis leonhardi Werner 1910
Monopeltis luandae Gans 1976
Monopeltis mauricei Parker 1935
Monopeltis perplexus Gans 1976
Monopeltis remaclei De Witte 1933
Monopeltis rhodesiana Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976
Monopeltis scalper (Günther 1876)
Monopeltis schoutedeni De Witte 1933
Monopeltis sphenorhynchus Peters 1879
Monopeltis vanderysti De Witte 1922
Monopeltis welwitschii (Gray 1865)
Monopeltis zambezensis Gans & Broadley 1974
Zygaspis arenicola Broadley & Broadley 1997
Zygaspis ferox Broadley & Broadley 1997
Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley & Broadley 1997
Zygaspis maraisi Broadley & Measey 2016
Zygaspis nigra Broadley & Gans 1969
Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters 1862)
Zygaspis vandami (Fitz Simons 1930)
Zygaspis violacea (Peters 1854)
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Episquamata
Lacertoidea
Amphisbaenia
Amphisbaenidae
Leposternon
Leposternon scutigerum (this page)
Leposternon bagual
Leposternon infraorbitale
Leposternon kisteumacheri
Leposternon maximus
Leposternon microcephalum
Leposternon mineiro
Leposternon octostegum
Leposternon polystegum
Leposternon wuchereri

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Episquamata
Lacertoidea
Amphisbaenia
Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaena
Amphisbaena scutigerum (this page)
Amphisbaena absaberi
Amphisbaena acrobeles
Amphisbaena alba
Amphisbaena albocingulata
Amphisbaena amazonica
Amphisbaena anaemariae
Amphisbaena angustifrons
Amphisbaena anomala
Amphisbaena arda
Amphisbaena arenaria
Amphisbaena bagual
Amphisbaena bahiana
Amphisbaena bakeri
Amphisbaena barbouri
Amphisbaena bassleri
Amphisbaena bedai
Amphisbaena bilabialatus
Amphisbaena bolivica
Amphisbaena borelli
Amphisbaena brasiliana
Amphisbaena brevis
Amphisbaena caeca
Amphisbaena caiari
Amphisbaena camura
Amphisbaena carlgansi
Amphisbaena carli
Amphisbaena carvalhoi
Amphisbaena caudalis
Amphisbaena cayemite
Amphisbaena cegei
Amphisbaena cerradensis
Amphisbaena crisae
Amphisbaena cubana
Amphisbaena cuiabana
Amphisbaena cunhai
Amphisbaena darwini
Amphisbaena dubia
Amphisbaena elbakyanae
Amphisbaena fenestrata
Amphisbaena frontalis
Amphisbaena fuliginosa
Amphisbaena gonavensis
Amphisbaena gracilis
Amphisbaena hastata
Amphisbaena heathi
Amphisbaena heterozonata
Amphisbaena hiata
Amphisbaena hogei
Amphisbaena hugoi
Amphisbaena hyporissor
Amphisbaena ibijara
Amphisbaena ignatiana
Amphisbaena infraorbitale
Amphisbaena innocens
Amphisbaena kingii
Amphisbaena kisteumacheri
Amphisbaena kraoh
Amphisbaena leali
Amphisbaena leeseri
Amphisbaena leucocephala
Amphisbaena littoralis
Amphisbaena lumbricalis
Amphisbaena manni
Amphisbaena maranhensis
Amphisbaena maximus
Amphisbaena medemi
Amphisbaena mensae
Amphisbaena mertensii
Amphisbaena miringoera
Amphisbaena mitchelli
Amphisbaena munoai
Amphisbaena neglecta
Amphisbaena nigricauda
Amphisbaena octostegum
Amphisbaena pericensis
Amphisbaena persephone
Amphisbaena plumbea
Amphisbaena polygrammica
Amphisbaena pretrei
Amphisbaena ridleyi
Amphisbaena roberti
Amphisbaena rozei
Amphisbaena sanctaeritae
Amphisbaena saxosa
Amphisbaena schmidti
Amphisbaena silvestrii
Amphisbaena slateri
Amphisbaena slevini
Amphisbaena steindachneri
Amphisbaena stejnegeri
Amphisbaena supernumeraria
Amphisbaena talisiae
Amphisbaena townsendi
Amphisbaena trachura
Amphisbaena tragorrhectes
Amphisbaena uroxena
Amphisbaena varia
Amphisbaena vermicularis
Amphisbaena wiedi
Amphisbaena wuchereri
22 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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