The Bahia worm lizard (Leposternon polystegum) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil.[2]
| Bahia worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Leposternon |
| Species: | L. polystegum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leposternon polystegum (Duméril, 1851)
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Leposternon polystegum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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