After Carroll, 1988, and Kearney & Stuart, 2004, with Recent species from Uetz, Etzold, & Chenna, 1995-2000 [“The Reptile Database”]
<==o Amphisbaenidae (matoliskot, wormlizards) |--+--o Chirindia Boulenger, 1907 | | |-- C. ewerbecki | | |-- C. langi | | |-- C. mpwapwaensis | | |-- C. rondoensis | | `-- C. swynnertoni | `--o Cynisca Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | |-- C. bifrontalis | |-- C. degrysi | |-- C. feae | |-- C. gansi | |-- C. haughi | |-- C. kigomensis | |-- C. kraussi | |-- C. leonina | |-- C. leucura | |-- C. liberiensis | |-- C. mulleri | |-- C. nigeriensis | |-- C. oligopholis | |-- C. rouxae | |-- C. schaeferi | |-- C. senegalensis | `-- C. williamsi `--+--o Geocalamus Günther, 1880 | |-- G. acutus | `-- G. modestus `--+--o Monopeltis Smith, 1848 | |-- M. adercae | |-- M. anchietae | |-- M. capensis | |-- M. decosteri Boulenger, 1910 | |-- M. galeata | |-- M. guentheri | |-- M. infuscata | |-- M. jugularis | |-- M. kabindae | |-- M. leonhardi | |-- M. luandae | |-- M. perplexus | |-- M. remaclei | |-- M. rhodesiana | |-- M. scalper | |-- M. schoutedeni | |-- M. sphenorhynchus | |-- M. vanderysti | `-- M. zambezensis `--+--o Anops Bell, 1833 | |-- A. bilabialatus | `-- A. kingii `--+-- Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 `--+-- Aulura anomala Barbour, 1914 `--o Leposternon Hemprich, 1820 |-- L. infraorbitale |-- L. microcephalum |-- L. octostegum |-- L. polystegum |-- L. scutigerum `-- L. wuchereri
Untreated Amphisbaenidae:
†Changlosaurus
Ancylocranium Scortecci, 1930
A. barkeri
A. ionidesi
A. somalicum
Baikia africana Gray, 1865
Bronia Wiegmann, 1828
B. bedai
B. brasiliana
B. kraoh
Cercolophia Strauch, 1881
C. bahiana
C. borelli
C. roberti
C. steindachneri
Dalophia Gray, 1865
D. angolensis
D. ellenbergeri
D. gigantea
D. longicauda
D. luluae
D. pistillum
D. welwitschii
Loveridgea Tornier, 1899
L. ionidesii
L. phylofiniens
Mesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925
Zygaspis Peters, 1854
Z. ferox
Z. kafuensis
Z. longicauda
Z. niger
Z. quadrifrons
Z. violacea
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Kearney, M. & Stuart, B. L., 2004: Repeated evolution of limblessness and digging heads in worm lizards revealed by DNA from old bones.
–Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences: Vol. 271, #1549, pp. 1677-1683 [doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2771] - Montero, R. & Céspedez, J., 2002: New two-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Argentina.
–Copeia: Vol. 102, #3, pp. 792-797 - Mott, T. & Vieites, D. R., 2009: Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy.
–Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Vol. 51, #2, pp. 190-200 [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014] - Uetz, P., Etzold, T. & Chenna, R., 1995-2000: The Reptile Database
–iNet: http://www.reptile-database.org/ l