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    Species Accepted

    Geocalamus acutus Sternfeld, 1912

    Wedge-snouted Worm Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Geocalamus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Wedge-snouted Worm Lizard English
      Заострённый геокаламус Russian
      سحلية دودية إسفينية الخطم Arabic

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
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      Boettger, O. (1913). Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ Sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele Und Sproesser, Stuttgart.
      Broadley, D. G., & HOWELL, K. M. (1991). A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70.
      Loveridge, A. (1923). Notes on East African lizards collected 1920-1923 with the description of two new races of Agama lionotus Blgr. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1923: 935-969.
      Gans C, & Kraklau D M. (1989). Studies on amphisbaenians (Reptilia) 8. Two genera of small species from east Africa (Geocalamus and Loveridgea). American Museum Novitates (2944) : 1-28.
      Loveridge, & ARTHUR. (1941). Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 87: 353-451.
      Gans, C. (2005). CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130.
      Spawls, S., & Rotich, D. (1997). An annotated checklist of the lizards of Kenya. J. East African Nat. Hist. 86: 61-83.
      Sternfeld, R. (1912). IV. Zoologie II. Lfg. Reptilia. In: Schubotz., R. (ed.): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1907- 1908, unter Führung A. Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Klinkhard Und Biermann, Leipzig: 197-279 [Published 1912, Not 1913, as Often Cited, See Männel & Kucharzewski 2017].
      Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon. (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 Pp.

      Citation

      Geocalamus acutus Sternfeld, 1912 in undefined