Checkerboard worm lizard

Checkerboard worm lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Trogonophidae
Genus:	Trogonophis
Species:	T. wiegmanni
Binomial name
Trogonophis wiegmanni (Kaup, 1830)

The checkerboard worm lizard, Trogonophis wiegmanni, is a species of reptile in the Trogonophidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Trogonophis.^{[citation needed]} It is found in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, sandy shores, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Miras, J.A.M., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J. & Slimani, T. (2005). Trogonophis wiegmanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
• Bellairs, A.; Shute, C.C.D. (1954). Notes on the herpetology of an Algerian beach. Copeia 1954 (3): 224-226
• Boulenger, George A. (1891). Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste. Tr. Zool. Soc. 13: 93-164
• Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol.5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp.
• Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130
• Gervais, PAUL (1835). Les principaux résultats de l'étude . . . de reptiles envoyés de Barbarie. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. France (dernier trimestre), Séance de 23 Dec. 1835, Vol. 1: 112-114.