Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world

C Gans - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2005 - BioOne
A checklist of the Amphisbaenidae is presented. A total of 190 species are included,
distributed in four families as follows: Amphisbaenidae (178 species in 18 genera) …

Ecology of the worm-lizard Amphisbaena alba in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

GR Colli, DS Zamboni - Copeia, 1999 - JSTOR
Due to their secretive habits, very little is known about the ecology of amphisbaenians.
Based on a large series of specimens from the Cerrado of central Brazil, the diet …

Life underground: food habits and reproductive biology of two amphisbaenian species from southern Africa

JK Webb, R Shine, WR Branch, PS Harlow - Journal of Herpetology, 2000 - JSTOR
Examination and dissection of 216 museum specimens of two species of amphisbaenians
(the shovel-snouted Monopeltis anchietae and round-headed Zygaspis quadrifrons) from …

Fossorial and durophagous: implications of molluscivory for head size and bite capacity in a burrowing worm lizard

S Baeckens, R García‐Roa, J Martín… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Limbless animals that burrow head‐first are often considered to be evolutionarily
constrained in the development of a large head, due to limitations imposed while …

Fossorial life does not constrain diet selection in the amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni

J Martín, J Ortega, P López… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological adaptations of amphisbaenians for a fossorial life constrain their ecological
demands in a greater way than for epigeal reptiles. Studies on the diet of amphisbaenians …

A complete mandible of a new amphisbaenian reptile (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from the late Middle Eocene (Bartonian, MP 16) of France

A Čerňanský, ML Auge, JC Rage - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new genus of amphisbaenian reptile, Cuvieribaena carlgansi, is decribed
from the late middle Eocene of France. This material from the locality of Le Bretou …

Reproduction and feeding ecology of Amphisbaena munoai and Anops kingi (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) in the Escudo Sul-Rio-Grandense, southern Brazil

RL Balestrin, LH Cappellari - Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
This study presents original data on the reproduction and feeding ecology of two syntopic
amphisbaenians, Amphisbaena munoai Klappenbach, 1969 and Anops kingi Bell, 1833 …

Reproductive and feeding ecology of the amphisbaenian Anops kingii in east-central Argentina

L Vega - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2001 - brill.com
The reproductive and feeding ecology of Anops kingii was studied at the pampas mountain
range of Argentina. Reproduction occurred from late winter (July) to early summer …

Notas sobre os Amphisbaenia (Reptilia, Squamata) da microrregião de Feira de Santana, estado da Bahia, Brasil

JD Barros Filho, MCC Valverde - Sitientibus, 1996 - periodicos.uefs.br
Amphisbaena alba, A. vermicularis e Leposternon polystegum são os primeiros
Amphisbaenia registrados para a Microrregião de Feira de Santana, Bahia, nos Municípios …

Diet in the amphisbaenian Bipes biporus

M Kearney - Journal of Herpetology, 2003 - JSTOR
Dietary habits of the amphisbaenian Bipes biporus from the Baja California peninsula were
examined based on analysis of stomach contents of over 200 museum specimens. Ants and …