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Worm lizards have the common name "lizard" though they aren't really lizards as they aren't classified in the same group as lizards - though, this could always change. Worm lizards are, instead, classified in their own group which is currently placed alongside snakes and lizards in the Squamata Order of reptiles. There are somewhere between 150 and 200 worm lizards species alive today. They get the common name "worm" not only because they live underground but also because they have ringed sections, called annuli, surrounding their bodies which allow them to move in an accordion-like manner much like a worm!
Scientific Name: Suborder - Amphisbaenia
Range: Africa, South America, Europe, parts of the Middle East, and North America
Size: 6 inches (15cm) to over two feet (61cm)
Diet: small invertebrates like ants and termites as well as small vertebrates like mice and voles for larger species
Lifespan: unknown
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@biggystupid3735 3 года назад

Y'all wanna help me find his other lung?

@vernonfridy8416 2 года назад

While traditional Linnaean taxonomy does classify squamates into 3 suborders (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians or worm-lizards), it has been agreed for a long time that this is phylogenetically incorrect. Instead, since some species traditionally considered lizards are more closely related to either worm-lizards or snakes than to other lizards, worm-lizards and snakes are within the lizards and should not be classified separately from them.

@Pseudoscience-is-a-scam Год назад

Exactly. Snakes are closer relatives to monitor lizards than tegus are, for example

@billyr2904 Год назад

Amphisbaenia is no longer classified as a suborder and is now an unranked clade, because it turns out there closest relatives are lacertas and tegus.

@dolorblind 2 года назад

They are found in andaman and nicobar islands as well

@tracybowling97 3 года назад

I live in Florida now but most of my life we lived in Va. And in Virginia we found a couple of these types of creatures. We always called them worm snakes. I love that you chose to talk about these. So fascinating.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Oh that's so cool! So glad you enjoyed the video

@la2123 Год назад

I begin to think these worm lizards are mistaken for the death worms.

@eunaekim9216 2 года назад

Along with the caecilian, this is one of the only Ground types that know Mimic!

@jadenl629 Год назад

Thanks for the video!😁

@aerisdragon8952 2 года назад

If you haven't already, can you cover caecilians? I love those freaky Lil things

@AnimalFactFiles 2 года назад

Sure thing! We've covered them in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpRF51u5PhY.html Thanks for watching!

@glennpallast3131 3 года назад

They look kind of like Caecilian Worms.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

We thought that, too! We actually have a video for them as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpRF51u5PhY.html

@DaimlerBlanco 4 месяца назад

I saw that today and I was like what the heck is that but thanks god now I know

@hansstepford7824 2 года назад

400 cups of hot cocoa for local chinese restaurant. R made a criminal threat. 3 weeks police lockup.

@silentsarey 9 месяцев назад

They're just a little guy

@FACELESS_VOID_00 3 года назад

Great Episode! Truly Amazing! 👏🏻 Thank you so much ❤ Now I can die peacefully 😇

@FACELESS_VOID_00 3 года назад

I mean sleep peacefully 😴

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

So glad you enjoyed it!

@CaliGuns556 5 месяцев назад

Just found 1 😂

@janrious7387 2 года назад

Oh no as a kid I’d find someone if these in y front yard and I would always hold them and they would drop their tails and I always thought they’d grow back called them legless lizard

@penny_the_wiser413 2 года назад

Really weird

@AGDinCA 3 года назад

I wonder if this category of animal is something of an evolutionary intermediate between lizards and snakes.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

They're still trying to figure that out! How worm lizard fit into the "tree of life" so to speak is a debated topic

@billyr2904 Год назад

Leglessness evolved multiple separate times in the order squamata, that there's no one group of reptiles that have lost their limbs. Snakes are more closely related to iguanas and monitor lizards than they are to worm lizards.

@sikamaru666 3 года назад

They look so similar to caecilians. I guess caecilians are the amphibian worm lizards. So I guess you have legless lizards, worm lizards and snakes and apparently all evolved from lizards at different times.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

We thought the same thing. We have a video for caecilians too if you want to check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qpRF51u5PhY.html

@yohvang1840 2 года назад

Senkos lol

@ChaosMagnet 3 года назад

Does the Eurasian Slow Worm fall into this category?

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure they're separate as slowworms are in infraorder Anguimorpha. I think this is part of where the classification becomes confusing, though, and has been a reason this is still debated

@alfiemcfarland2932 3 года назад

I have only just started the video. Let me guess, not a lizard but an amphibian, possibly a caecilian?

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Oooooh good guess!!!

@ericlehman6841 Месяц назад

Amphisbaenian or worm-lizard. However, yes it sounds like amphibian, but it's a reptile.

@Elephant-Puppet 3 года назад

Please Do The Mustang

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Hmm... we don't usually talk about domestic animals, but that could be an interesting topic! Thanks for the suggestion!

@Junketh71 3 года назад

They look rather cute...

@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Agreed

@theanimalshow6538 3 года назад

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@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

Aww thank you! It takes a lot of work and patience but it's definitely something you can do!

@theanimalshow6538 3 года назад

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@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

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@theanimalshow6538 3 года назад

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@AnimalFactFiles 3 года назад

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