Ancylocranium

Ancylocranium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Ancylocranium
Parker, 1942
Species

Three, see text.

Ancylocranium is a genus of amphisbaenians, commonly known as sharp-snouted worm lizards, in the family Amphisbaenidae. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa.

Species

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The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ancylocranium.

References

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  1. ^ Genus Ancylocranium at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
  • Loveridge A (1946). "A new worm-lizard (Ancylocranium barkeri ) from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 59: 73–76, Plate VIII.
  • Loveridge A (1955). "On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. Ionides". Journal of the East African Natural History Society 22: 168–198. (Ancylocranium ionidesi, new species, pp. 169, 177–179).
  • Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91 (1): 1–101. (Ancylocranium, new genus, p. 57).
  • Scortecci G (1930). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino [Third Series] 41 (10): 1–26. (Anops somalicus, new species). (in Italian).