Ancylocranium is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as sharp-snouted worm lizards. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancylocranium Parker, 1942 |
| Species | |
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Three, see text. | |
Species edit
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ancylocranium barkeri Loveridge, 1946 - Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium ionidesi Loveridge, 1955 - Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium somalicum (Scortecci, 1930) - Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ancylocranium.
References edit
- ^ "Ancylocranium ". The Reptile Database. www,reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
Wikispecies has information related to Ancylocranium.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1-130.
- Loveridge A (1946). "A new worm-lizard (Ancylocranium barkeri ) from Tanganyika Territory". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 59: 73-76, Plate VIII.
- Loveridge A (1955). "On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. Ionides". J. East African Nat. Hist. 22: 168-198. (Anclocranium ionidesi, new species, pp. 169, 177-179).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 91 (1): 1-101. (Ancylocranium, new genus, p. 57).
- Scortecci G (1930). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino [Third Series] 41 (10): 1-26. (Anops somalicus, new species). (in Italian).