''Cadea palirostrata'', also known as Dickerson's worm lizard or the Cuban sharp-nosed amphisbaena, is a species of

amphisbaenian 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

Cadeidae ''Cadea'' is a genus of amphisbaenians, commonly known as Cuban keel-headed worm lizards. Two species are placed in this genus. Both species are endemic to Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=n ...

, described by herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson in 1913. This species is endemic to

Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud (; en, Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Islan ...

(formerly Isle of Pines), an island of western Cuba.

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palirostrata Reptiles of Cuba Endemic fauna of Cuba Reptiles described in 1916 Taxa named by Mary Cynthia Dickerson {{lizard-stub