Short worm lizard

Short worm lizard
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Trogonophidae
Genus:	Pachycalamus Günther, 1881
Species:	P. brevis
Binomial name
Pachycalamus brevis Günther, 1881

The short worm lizard (Pachycalamus brevis) is a species of reptile in the Trogonophidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pachycalamus. It is found on the island of Socotra. ^[1]

References

1. Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H.; Broadley, Donald G.; Branch, William R. (June 2008). "The snake family Psammophiidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): Phylogenetics and species delimitation in the African sand snakes (Psammophis Boie, 1825) and allied genera" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 1045–1060. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.025. ISSN   1055-7903.

• Gans, C. (2005). Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 289: 1-130
• Günther, A. (1881). Descriptions of the amphisbaenians and ophidians collected by Prof. J.B. Balfour in the Island of Socotra. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 461-463
• Rösler, H. 1999. Pachycalamus brevis Günther 1881 - Biologie und erste Eindrücke einer Terrarienhaltung. Elaphe 7 (1): 19-21
• Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505-534

External links

• Worldwildlife.org
• Pachycalamus in the Reptile Database