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Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881 is a animal in the Diploglossidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881 (Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881)
Animalia

Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881

Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881

Ophiodes vertebralis (jointed worm lizard) is a limbless Diploglossidae lizard found in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

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Family
Diploglossidae
Genus
Ophiodes
Order
Class
Squamata

About Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881

Ophiodes vertebralis, commonly called the jointed worm lizard, is a species of limbless lizard that belongs to the family Diploglossidae. This species has been recorded in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Photo: (c) Alfredo Sabaliauskas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alfredo Sabaliauskas · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › › Diploglossidae › Ophiodes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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