Diplometopon
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Diplometopon zarudnyi, also called Zarudny's worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian reptile in the Trogonophidae
family. It is monotypic within the genus
Diplometopon. This species is found on the Arabian peninsula
.
Trogonophidae
Trogonophidae, , is a small family of amphisbaenians, containing five species in four genera. Trogonophids are found in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Iran. They are limbless, carnivorous, lizard-like reptiles highly modified for burrowing...
family. It is monotypic within the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Diplometopon. This species is found on the Arabian peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2...
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