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Bahia worm lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Leposternon
Species:	L. polystegum
Binomial name
Leposternon polystegum (Duméril, 1851)

The Bahia worm lizard (Leposternon polystegum) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

This species demonstrates sexual dimorphism with the males having larger, longer bodies than the females.

Its diet generally consists of ants, earthworms, and termites.

References

1. Duarte, J. (2010). "Leposternon polystegum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176240A7202760. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176240A7202760.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Leposternon polystegum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. ^ Gomes, Jerriane O.; Maciel, Adriano O.; Costa, João C. L.; Andrade, Gilda V. (2009). "Diet Composition in Two Sympatric Amphisbaenian Species (Amphisbaena ibijara and Leposternon polystegum) from the Brazilian Cerrado". Journal of Herpetology. 43 (3): 377–384. doi:10.1670/08-187R1.1. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 25599232. S2CID 85696991.
4. Nascimento, Luciana B.; Lopes, Marcelo F.; Righi, Alexandre F.; Cabral, Daniel P. R.; Galdino, Conrado A. B.; Filogonio, Renato (December 2009). "Sexual Dimorphism in Leposternon microcephalum and L. wuchereri (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil". Herpetologica. 65 (4): 353–362. doi:10.1655/08-068.1. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 85828775.

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