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Amphisbaenia

NOUN
  1. type genus of the Amphisbaenidae

How To Use Amphisbaenia In A Sentence

  • Other authors have used morphological evidence in support of a relationship of snakes to a clade comprising amphisbaenians and dibamids.
  • Scleroglossa is a diverse and speciose group including all remaining lizard families, plus snakes and amphisbaenians.
  • In snakes and amphisbaenians M. iliocostalis has its origin from either a tendon (most squamates) or a tendonous sheet arising from the anteroventral half of M. longissimus dorsi.
  • Caecilians, urodeles and some anurans, snakes, amphisbaenians and some lizards have a stapes, which may be attached to the shoulder girdle or skin, and are well suited to detecting low frequency vibrations from the substrate.
  • Extant humeralrotation diggers exhibit broad palms and short non-ungual phalanges, and include moles and some frogs and amphisbaenians.
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