词条 | Bipes (lizard) |
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| name = Bipes | image = Bipes biporus.jpg | image_caption=Bipes biporus | taxon = Bipes | display_parents=2 | authority = Latreille, 1801 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =Bipes alvarezi [1] Bipes biporus (Cope, 1894) Bipes canaliculatus Latreille, 1801 Bipes tridactylus (Dugès, 1894)[2] }} Bipes is a genus of amphisbaenians found only in Mexico, the sole living member of the family Bipedidae.[3] Commonly known as ajolotes, they are carnivorous, burrowing reptiles, but unlike other species of amphisbaenians, they possess two stubby forelimbs placed far forward on the body.[4] The shovel-like limbs are used to scrape away soil while burrowing, in a manner similar to a mole.[5] Evidence for their occurrence in the United States is reviewed by Somma (1993). Further reading
References1. ^Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bipes. 2. ^ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov. 3. ^{{cite journal|doi=10.1098/rspb.2014.3034|title=Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume=282|issue=1806|pages=20143034|year=2015|last1=Longrich|first1=N. R.|last2=Vinther|first2=J.|last3=Pyron|first3=R. A.|last4=Pisani|first4=D.|last5=Gauthier|first5=J. A.|pmid=25833855|pmc=4426617}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.whatamidoingonline.com/2012/09/21/10-amazing-creatures-find-adventuring/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-01-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216051600/http://www.whatamidoingonline.com/2012/09/21/10-amazing-creatures-find-adventuring/ |archivedate=2012-12-16 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. |editor2=Zweifel, R.G.|author= Gans, Carl|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 216–217|isbn= 0-12-178560-2}} External links
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