Pestle-tailed worm lizard

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Pestle-tailed worm lizard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Dalophia
Species:
D. pistillum
Binomial name
Dalophia pistillum
(Boettger, 1895)

The pestle-tailed worm lizard (Dalophia pistillum) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is indigenous to southern Africa. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J. (2021). "Dalophia pistillum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T196963A139700061. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T196963A139700061.en . Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Dalophia pistillum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
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