Cuban worm lizard

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Cuban worm lizard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. cubana
Binomial name
Amphisbaena cubana
Gundlach & Peters, 1879

The Cuban worm lizard (Amphisbaena cubana) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Cuba. [2]

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References

  1. Fong, A. (2017). "Amphisbaena cubana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T74855454A75171306. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74855454A75171306.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Amphisbaena cubana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.