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King's worm lizard (''Amphisbaena kingii'') is a species of
worm lizard Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As ...
in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to South America.


Etymology

The
specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''kingii'', is in honor of Australian marine surveyor Philip Parker King.


Geographic range

''A. kingii'' is found in Argentina,
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, Brazil, and Uruguay.


Description

''A. kingii'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , plus a tail about long. Dorsally, it is purplish brown. Ventrally, it is whitish. Boulenger GA (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. (''Anops kingii'', pp. 451-452).


Reproduction

''A. kingii'' is
oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.


References


Further reading

* Bell T (1833). " haracters of two New Genera of Reptiles. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1833: 98–99. (''Anops kingii'', new species, p. 99). (in English and Latin). * Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). ''Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième'' olume 5 Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (''Amphisbæna kingii'', new combination, pp. 496–498). (in French). * Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' (289): 1–130. (''Anops kingii'', p. 22). * Stejneger L (1916). "Notes on Amphisbænian Nomenclature". ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 29: 85. (''Anopsibæna kingii'', new combination). Amphisbaena (lizard) Reptiles described in 1833 Taxa named by Thomas Bell (zoologist) {{lizard-stub