''Agamodon'' is a small
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of worm lizards in the family
Trogonophidae
Trogonophidae (Palearctic worm lizards or desert ringed lizards) is a small family of amphisbaenians, containing five species in four genera.
Geographic range
Trogonophids are found in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, ...
. They are found in the
Horn of Africa and in the southern part of the
Arabian peninsula. The genus contains the following three species:
[
* Angled worm lizard ''Agamodon anguliceps'' ]Peters Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kan ...
, 1882
* Arabian worm lizard ''Agamodon arabicus'' Anderson
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson ...
, 1901
* Flat worm lizard ''Agamodon compressus'' Mocquard, 1888
References
Lizard genera
Reptiles of Africa
Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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