Cadea (lizard)

Cadea
Cadea palirostrata. Side view of head of type specimen (No. 2717, AMNH)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Lacertoidea
Clade:	Lacertibaenia
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Cadeidae Vidal & Hedges, 2007
Genus:	Cadea Gray, 1844
Species
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Cadea is a genus of amphisbaenians, commonly known as Cuban keel-headed worm lizards, in the family Cadeidae. Two species are placed in this genus. Both species are endemic to Cuba.

Species

• Cadea blanoides (Stejneger, 1916) – spotted amphisbaena
• Cadea palirostrata (Dickerson, 1916) – sharp-nosed amphisbaena, Dickerson's worm lizard, Cuban sharp-nosed amphisbaena

Further reading

• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
• Gray JE (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Cadea, new genus, pp. 71–72).