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Duméril's worm lizard
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Leposternon
Species:	L. octostegum
Binomial name
Leposternon octostegum (Duméril, 1851)

Duméril's worm lizard (Leposternon octostegum) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil. The crested caracara is the only predator witnessed consuming this lizard, although it is likely a prey item for other predators. The species is considered endangered in Brazil due to its narrow geographic range.

References

1. ^ Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; D'Ávila, R.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Leposternon octostegum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T75161349A154323396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T75161349A154323396.en. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
2. Leposternon octostegum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. Assis, Clodoaldo; Costa, Henrique Caldeira (2020). "Leposternon octostegum: New record of an endangered worm lizard species, with comments on habitat and opportunistic predators (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)". Notas de História Natural & Distribuição Geográfica. 9 (2). Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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• Reptiles described in 1851
• Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
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