Cope's worm lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphisbaena |
| Species: | A. fenestrata
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Cope's worm lizard (Amphisbaena fenestrata) is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.[4]
Geographic range
[edit]It is found in the Virgin Islands on the following islands: St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, Great Camanoe, and Virgin Gorda.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Platenberg, R. 2016. Amphisbaena fenestrata (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74855567A115480568. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74855567A75171311.en. Downloaded on 14 March 2019.
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena fenestrata, p. 167.)
- ^ "Amphisbaena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II...Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I.- XXIV. (Amphisbæna fenestrata, pp. 449–450.)
- Cope, E.D. Some remarks defining the following species of Reptilia Squamata. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861: 75–76. (Diphalus fenestratus, p. 76.)
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