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    Species Accepted

    Amphisbaena kingii (Bell, 1833)

    King's Worm Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Amphisbaena
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Anfisbena de quilla Spanish
      Anfisbena-de-Crista Portuguese
      Cobra-Cega Portuguese
      Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças Portuguese
      King'in Halkalı Kertenkelesi Turkish
      King's Worm Lizard English
      Pampas-ormeøgle Danish
      Амфисбена Кинга Russian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      39 results
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      Fulvio Perez, C. H., & Scolaro, J. A. (2025). Natural history notes: Amphisbaena kingii (King’s Worm Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 55 (2): 257. [2024].
      Scrocchi, Gustavo J.; Cristian S. Abdala,Javier Nori, Hussam Zaher. (2010). Reptiles de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. Fondo Ed. Rionegrino, 249 Pp.
      Brygoo, E. R. (1990). Les types d’Amphisbaenidés, Pygopodidés, Xantusiidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle - Catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 12 (Ser. 4) A (3-4), Suppl.: 3-18.
      LANGNER, C. (2019). Die geheimnisvollen Doppelschleichen (Amphisbaenia) - ein Leben im Untergrund. Elaphe 2019 (6): 14-21.
      Cope, E. D. (1885). Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 167-194 [1884].
      Minoli I, Morando M, & Avila LJ. (2015). Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126.
      Williams J D, & Wichmann S I. (1989). Nueva localidad para Anops kingii Bell (Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae) y Phylodrias aestivus (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril) (Reptilia: Colubridae) en el este de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Bol. Asoc. Herp. Argentina 5 (1-2): 12-13.
      Camp, & Charles Lewis. (1923). Classification of the Lizards. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 48 (11): 289-481.
      Ribeiro, S., & Carolina Castro-Mello, C. N. (2009). New Species of Anops Bell, 1833 (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from Jalapão Region in the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Herpetology 43 (1):21-28.

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