Florida Worm Lizard

                    FLORIDA WORM LIZARD

SCIENTIFIC NAME :-  Rhineura floridana

OCCURRENCE :-         N. AND C.Florida

HABITAT :-                Sandy , Wooded areas

SIZE :-                       Length 18 to 40.5 cm

FAMILY :-                  Amphis baenidae

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS :-

1. Blind , limbless and worm like lizard has a cylindrical body 0.5 cm in diameter and ringed with small scale.
2. It has a shovel-shaped head and the tail is covered with horny scales.
3. It has no external ear openings.
4. They prefer moist habitat as their body quickly dehydrates in dry soil.
5. It spends a subterranean life feeding on worms , spiders , termites etc.
6. They can build a semi-permanent tunnel systems with its spade like snout.
7. The lizard lays 3 long , thin eggs in a burrow.