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Bahia worm lizard

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Bahia worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Leposternon
Species:
L. polystegum
Binomial name
Leposternon polystegum
(Duméril, 1851)

The Bahia worm lizard (Leposternon polystegum) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2]

This species demonstrates sexual dimorphism with the males having larger, longer bodies than the females.[3][4]

Its diet generally consists of ants, earthworms, and termites. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Duarte, J. (2010). "Leposternon polystegum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176240A7202760. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176240A7202760.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Leposternon polystegum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Gomes, Jerriane O.; Maciel, Adriano O.; Costa, João C. L.; Andrade, Gilda V. (2009). "Diet Composition in Two Sympatric Amphisbaenian Species (Amphisbaena ibijara and Leposternon polystegum) from the Brazilian Cerrado". Journal of Herpetology. 43 (3): 377–384. doi:10.1670/08-187R1.1. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 25599232. S2CID 85696991.
  4. ^ Nascimento, Luciana B.; Lopes, Marcelo F.; Righi, Alexandre F.; Cabral, Daniel P. R.; Galdino, Conrado A. B.; Filogonio, Renato (December 2009). "Sexual Dimorphism in Leposternon microcephalum and L. wuchereri (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil". Herpetologica. 65 (4): 353–362. doi:10.1655/08-068.1. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 85828775.