The short worm lizard (Pachycalamus brevis) is a species of reptile in the Trogonophidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pachycalamus. It is found on the island of Socotra.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertoidea |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Trogonophidae |
| Genus: | Pachycalamus Günther, 1881 |
| Species: | P. brevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycalamus brevis Günther, 1881
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References
edit- ^ Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H.; Broadley, Donald G.; Branch, William R. (June 2008). "The snake family Psammophiidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): Phylogenetics and species delimitation in the African sand snakes (Psammophis Boie, 1825) and allied genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 1045–1060. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.025. ISSN 1055-7903.
- Gans, C. (2005). Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 289: 1-130
- Günther, A. (1881). Descriptions of the amphisbaenians and ophidians collected by Prof. J.B. Balfour in the Island of Socotra. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 461-463
- Rösler, H. 1999. Pachycalamus brevis Günther 1881 - Biologie und erste Eindrücke einer Terrarienhaltung. Elaphe 7 (1): 19-21
- Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505-534
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