Mexico Herpetology

THREE-TOED WORM LIZARD
Bipes tridactylus – Duges 1894

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Pacific Lowland Habitat, 100′, Guerrero, Mexico

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BALSAS WORM LIZARD
Bipes canaliculatus – Bonnaterre 1789

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Adult, 20′, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Close-up of head

BAJA CALIFORNIA WORM LIZARD
Bipes biporus – Cope 1894

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Habitat, 50′, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Habitat, 50′, Baja California, Mexico

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In December, 2001 some friends and I tried digging for Bipes biporus in the Viscaino Desert, SE of Guerrero Negro. At the edge of a wash we found the shed [...]