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Neglected Worm Lizard

Amphisbaena neglecta Dunn & Piatt 1936

locomotion

GANS 1975
rectilinear
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7303184

Definition: a mode of locomotion most often associated with snakes, using unidirectional traveling waves of muscular contraction

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GANS 1975
undulatory
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7884068

Definition: motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. eg: crawling in snakes, or swimming in the lamprey. Typically utilized by limbless animals

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GANS 1975
concertina
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5158542

Definition: movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling or pushing other sections in the direction of movement

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Snyder 1952
running
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055

Definition: The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.

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