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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyCadeidae
  5. ›genusCadea
Cadea palirostrata
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Sharp-nosed Amphisbaena

Cadea palirostrata Dickerson, 1916

Also calledCulebrilla de hocico afilado (spa) · سحلية ديكرسون الدودية (ara)

First described in: Dickerson, M. C. Description of a new amphisbaenian collected by the late Dr. Charles M. Mead in 1911, on the Isle of Pines, Cuba.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2473008.