Amphisbaena Linnaeus 1758 (worm lizard)
Reptilia - Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 83956
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Amphisbaenidae according to C. Gans and R. Montero 1998
Sister taxa: Ancyclocranium, Anops, Aulura, Baikia, Blanus, Bronia, Campinosaurus, Listromycter, Lophocranion, Rhineurinae
Subtaxa: Amphisbaena alba, Amphisbaena braestrupi, Amphisbaena caeca, Amphisbaena cubana, Amphisbaena darwini, Amphisbaena fenestrata, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, Amphisbaena gonavensis, Amphisbaena innocens, Amphisbaena laurenti, Amphisbaena vermicularis
Ecology: fossorial insectivore