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Gymnophthalmidae - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Reptilia

List of genera.

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Gymnophthalmidae - English
URL: http://www.curator.org/LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_S

Gymnophthalmid lizards are also known as microteiids, having long been included in the family Teiidae. Most are under 20 cm (9 inches) in length, have large scales, small or no limbs, and very secretive lifestyles. The teeth have solid bases. Osteoderms absent or few in number.

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Gymnophthalmidae - English
URL: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Gymnophthalmidae.html

Habitat: from extremely arid deserts to tropical rain forests to high-altitude paramos in the Andes. Limbless gymnophthalmids are often burrowers in tropical forests (Bachia) or occupy specialized habitats such as loose sand (Calyptommatus).

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