.::::: Amphisbaenia of the World - Bipes :::::.
Last update: 25 December, 2003

The four species in the genus are endemic to northern parts of Mexico.

Bipes Latreille, 1802
Chirotes Cuvier
Bipes alvarezi Smith & Smith, 1977
 
Distribution: Mexico.
Bipes biporus (Cope, 1894)
Euchirotes biporus Cope, 1894
Distribution: Mexico.
Bipes canaliculatus (Bonnaterre, 1789)

    • canaliculatus (Bonnaterre, 1789)

    Chamaesaura propus Schneider, 1801
    Chirotes canaliculatus (Bonnaterre, 1789)
    Chirotes lumbricoides     (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
    Lacerta lumbricoides     Shaw & Nodder, 1795
    Lacerta mexicana Donndorf, 1798
    Lacerta sulcata Suckow, 1798
  • multiannulatus Alvarez, 1966
     
    • Distribution:

    Mexico.
    Bipes tridactylus (Dugès, 1894)
    Hemichirotes tridactylus Dugès, 1894
    Distribution: Mexico.
    Literature
     
    Greer, A.E. & C. Gans. 1983. The Amphisbaenian Carpus: How Primitive Is It? J. Herpetol., 17(4): 406.
    Hodges, W.L. & E. Perez-Ramos. 2001. New Localities and Natural History Notes on Bipes canaliculatus in Guerrero, México. Herpetol. Rev., 32(3): 153-156.
     
    Kearney, M. 2003. Diet in the Amphisbaenian Bipes biporus. J. Herpetol., 37(2): 404-408.
    Papenfuss, T. 1982. The ecology and systematics of the amphisbaenian genus Bipes. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci., 136: 1-42.
    Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Volume III. Part I. Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 615 pp.