Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Brazil
74
No. 2
Bahia [Brazil]
26
No. 3
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
23
No. 4
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
16
No. 5
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
16
No. 6
Zimbabwe
16
No. 7
Para [Brazil]
15
No. 8
Bolivia
14
No. 9
Goias [Brazil]
14
No. 10
Tanzania
14
No. 11
Zambia
14
No. 12
Mozambique
13
No. 13
Paraguay
13
No. 14
South Africa
13
No. 15
Tocantins [Brazil]
13
No. 16
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
12
No. 17
Argentina
11
No. 18
Congo-Kinshasa
11
No. 19
Limpopo [South Africa]
11
No. 20
Pernambuco [Brazil]
11
No. 21
Angola
10
No. 22
Botswana
10
No. 23
Namibia
10
No. 24
Maranhao [Brazil]
9
No. 25
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
9
No. 26
Rondonia [Brazil]
9
No. 27
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
9
No. 28
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
8
No. 29
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
7
No. 30
Northern Cape [South Africa]
7
No. 31
Parana [Brazil]
7
No. 32
Peru
7
No. 33
Alagoas [Brazil]
6
No. 34
Amazonas [Brazil]
6
No. 35
Ceara [Brazil]
6
No. 36
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
6
No. 37
Guinea
6
No. 38
Haiti
6
No. 39
Paraiba [Brazil]
6
No. 40
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
6
No. 41
Sergipe [Brazil]
6
No. 42
Colombia
5
No. 43
Congo-Brazzaville
5
No. 44
Nigeria
5
No. 45
North West Province [South Africa]
5
No. 46
Piaui [Brazil]
5
No. 47
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
5
No. 48
Venezuela
5
No. 49
Dominican Republic
4
No. 50
Gabon
4
No. 51
Ghana
4
No. 52
Guinea-Bissau
4
No. 53
Guyana
4
No. 54
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
4
No. 55
Puerto Rico
4
No. 56
Surinam
4
No. 57
Uruguay
4
No. 58
Acre [Brazil]
3
No. 59
Amapa [Brazil]
3
No. 60
Cameroon
3
No. 61
Cuba
3
No. 62
French Guiana [France]
3
No. 63
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
3
No. 64
Ivory Coast
3
No. 65
Malawi
3
No. 66
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
3
No. 67
Senegal
3
No. 68
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
2
No. 69
Central African Republic
2
No. 70
Ecuador
2
No. 71
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
2
No. 72
Fernando do Noronha [Brazil]
2
No. 73
Ilha de Alcatrazes [Brazil]
2
No. 74
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
2
No. 75
Marajo Island [Brazil]
2
No. 76
Panama
2
No. 77
Queimada Grande [Brazil]
2
No. 78
Roraima [Brazil]
2
No. 79
Sierra Leone
2
No. 80
Somalia
2
No. 81
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
2
No. 82
Trinidad & Tobago
2
No. 83
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
1
No. 84
Benin
1
No. 85
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
1
No. 86
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
1
No. 87
Burkina Faso
1
No. 88
Chad
1
No. 89
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
1
No. 90
Equatorial Guinea
1
No. 91
Eswatini
1
No. 92
Free State [South Africa]
1
No. 93
Gambia
1
No. 94
Gauteng [South Africa]
1
No. 95
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
1
No. 96
Isla Beata [Dominican Republic]
1
No. 97
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
1
No. 98
Kenya
1
No. 99
Liberia
1
No. 100
Magaruque [Mozambique]
1
No. 101
Mali
1
No. 102
Margarita [Venezuela]
1
No. 103
Niger
1
No. 104
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
1
No. 105
Saint Croix [U.S. Virgin Islands]
1
No. 106
Togo
1
No. 107
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
1
No. 108
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
1