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Amphisbaena ibijara

Wikipedia Abstract

Amphisbaena ibijara is a species of amphisbaenian in the reptilian order Squamata. They are an important predator in tropical ecosystems yet little is known about their ecology. This species can be found burrowing underground at shallow soil depths. The main component of its diet is termites but it also consumes beetle larvae. A. ibijara does not show sexual dimorphism in any characters including snout–vent length.
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Habitat Substrate [1]  Fossorial

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1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0