Table 1. Summary of relevant sand-dwelling squamate reptiles [9], [28].
Family | 4 well-developed limbs | limbs reduced or absent | |
Sand-diving (burial only) | Sand-swimming (locomotion below sand) | Sand-diving or -swimming | |
Phrynosomatidae | Callisaurus draconoides | ||
Cophosaurus texanus | |||
Phrynosoma spp. | |||
Uma notata | |||
Tropiduridae | Liolaemus spp. | ||
Tropidurus spp. | |||
Agamidae | Agama etoshae | ||
Phrynocephalus spp. | |||
Lacertidae | Eremias spp. | ||
Meroles spp. | Meroles anchietae | ||
Gerrhosauridae | Angolosaurus skoogi | Angolosaurus skoogi | |
Scincidae | Ctenotus spp. | Acontias spp. | |
Eremiascincus spp. | Eremiascincus spp. | Chalcides (Sphenops) spp. | |
Scincopus fasciatus | Cryptoscincus minimus | ||
Scincus spp. | Scincus spp. | Lerista spp. | |
Trachylepis acutilabris | Neoseps reynoldsi | ||
Pygomeles spp. | |||
Gymnophthalmidae | Calyptommatus spp. | ||
Notobachia spp. | |||
Procellosaurinus spp. | |||
Vanzoia rubricauda | |||
Amphisbaenidae | Amphisbaena spp. | ||
Bipes spp. | |||
Trogonophidae | Agamodon spp. | ||
Diplometopon zarudnyi | |||
Pachypalaminus sp. | |||
Trogonophis wiegmanni | |||
Leptotyphlopidae | Leptotyphlops spp. | ||
Typhlopidae | Typhlops spp. | ||
Boidae | Eryx spp. | ||
Gongylophis spp. | |||
Lichanura spp. | |||
Colubridae | Chilomeniscus spp. | ||
Chionactis spp. | |||
Phimophis spp. | |||
Elapidae | Simoselaps bertholdi | ||
Viperidae | Bitis peringueyi | ||
Cerastes vipera |