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    Species Accepted

    Amphisbaena plumbea Gray, 1872

    Lead Worm Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Amphisbaena
    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

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      Lead Worm Lizard English
      Viborita ciega Spanish
      Свинцовая амфисбена Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Gans, C., & Diefenbach, C.O. da C. (1972). Description and geographical variation of the South American Amphisbaena angustifrons: the southernmost amphisbaenian in the world (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia). American Museum Novitates (2494): 1-20.
      Avila, Luciano J.; Andrea González Marín, Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Kevin Imanol Sánchez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio Pérez, and Mariana Morando. (2020). Naming the Diversity: Taxonomy of Current Species of Patagonian Lizards. In: Morando & Avila (eds.), Lizards of Patagonia. Springer Nature, Pp. 123-188.
      Vanzolini, P. E. (2002). AN AID TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF AMPHISBAENA (SQUAMATA, AMPHISBAENIDAE). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(15):351-362.
      Hulse, A. C., & McCoy, C. J. (1979). New species of Amphisbaena from Argentina. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 48 (1): 1-6.
      Gallardo, J. M. (1972). Composicion faunistica de los saurios de la Provincia de la Pampa, Republica Argentina. Neotropica 17 (52): 44-48.
      Gray, J. E. (1872). Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part Il. Emydosaurians, rhynchocephalians, and amphisbaenians. London, Vi+41 Pp.
      Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio. (1970). Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 347 Pp.
      Rolón MCJ, Vera DG, De Los Santos FL, Harkes M, Tettamanti G, Calvo R, Di Pietro DO, Velasco MA, Avila LJ, Williams JD, & Kacoliris FP. (2024). Herpetofauna of Laguna Blanca National Park, Argentinean Patagonia: species list and conservation status. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(1): 35-50.
      Montero, & Ricardo. (2016). On the Validity of Several Argentinian Species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae). Journal of Herpetology 50 (4): 642-653.
      Minoli I, Morando M, & Avila LJ. (2015). Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126.

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