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title: "Red Worm Lizard"
description: "Amphisbaena alba — Répteis. Amphisbaena alba, also known as the red worm lizard or less commonly as the white or white-bellied worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the reptilian order Squamata."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-worm-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Worm Lizard

> Amphisbaena alba — Répteis. Amphisbaena alba, also known as the red worm lizard or less commonly as the white or white-bellied worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the reptilian order Squamata.

- Scientific name: *Amphisbaena alba*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 734
- Wikidata: [Q1290784](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1290784)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31866](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31866)

## Names

- en: Red Worm Lizard
- de: Rote Doppelschleiche
- es: Anfisbena roja de abdomen blanco
- fr: Amphisbène blanc
- nl: Witte wormhagedis

## Countries with the most observations

BR (571), TT (30), CO (26), BO (20), VE (18), GF (17), PE (11), PY (6)

## Summary

Amphisbaena alba, also known as the red worm lizard or less commonly as the white or white-bellied worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the reptilian order Squamata. Despite the large geographic range that this species covers, little is known about its ecology due to its secretive habits. A. alba has a diverse diet ranging from plant material to small vertebrates (such as lizards and their eggs, snakes, mice, and other rodents). Numerically, beetles, ants, and spiders compose the majority of their diet; however, ants, insect larvae, beetles, cockroaches, hemipterans, mole crickets, crickets, grasshoppers…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphisbaena_alba

## Photo

![Red Worm Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-worm-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Saulino · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264994294

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-worm-lizard?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).