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Angled worm lizard

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Angled worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Trogonophidae
Genus: Agamodon
Species:
A. anguliceps
Binomial name
Agamodon anguliceps
Peters, 1882[1]

The angled worm lizard (Agamodon anguliceps) is a species of reptile in the family Trogonophidae. It is found in Somalia in the Horn of Africa.[1] Markings on specimens of Agamodon anguliceps are mottled as yellowish white with darker brown markings along the side of the lizard.[2] The anatomical skull structure of the angled worm lizard features a short, sharp angle between the occipitoparietal and facial plane region.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Agamodon anguliceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b GANS, CARL (2005). <0001:cabota>2.0.co;2 "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 289 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)289<0001:cabota>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0090. S2CID 86097255.