Mexican blind lizard
| Mexican blind lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Dibamidae |
| Genus: | Anelytropsis Cope, 1885 |
| Species: | A. papillosus
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| Anelytropsis papillosus Cope, 1885
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The Mexican blind lizard (Anelytropsis papillosus) is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae, and the only species in the genus Anelytropsis.[2] It is endemic to Mexico.[1][2] They look like Amphisbaenia, but are in fact, only distantly related.[3]
References
- ^ a b Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Anelytropsis papillosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64016A12735885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64016A12735885.en.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Anelytropsis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 November 2017.
- ^ Reeder, T. W.; Townsend, T. M.; Mulcahy, D. G.; Noonan, B. P.; Wood, P. L.; Sites, J. W.; Wiens, J. J. (2015). "Integrated analyses resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and reveal unexpected placements for fossil taxa". PLoS ONE. 10 (3): e0118199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118199. PMC 4372529. PMID 25803280.
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