Amphisbaenia

suborder of reptiles

Amphisbaenia are a suborder of Squamata.

Worm lizards
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
A worm lizard
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Amphisbaenia

Gray, 1844

Amphisbaenians have features that link them to both lizards and snakes, but they have enough of their own features to be a separate suborder. Amphisbaenians can live both above and below the ground.

There are four families, made up of 18 genera, and about 160 species.

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