Amphisbaenia vermicularis (Amph) = Echse ohne Beinen/= Doppelschleiche/= Snake lizard
= Sil-ähnlich;
Vergiftung:
No local injury/heart arrestred in diastole/spinal system does not
respond to electrical
currents;
Negativ: Langeweile/depressiv/muss sich
sanftmütig benehmen/verzagt/ungeduldig,
Kiefer („Als ob Füßen im Kopf“), schwach (morgens, < nasses
Wetter/morgens/Bewegung, stechen, innerliches Jucken,
Bläschen/Pickel/Hernien im Bauch/Wirbelsäulen-/Nervenverletzungen;
Abrupt LOSS of power;
Ennui; depressed; Tender sadness
which disposes one to be gentle and meek; sadness and lassitude in the morning;
impatient; „As if feet in the head“; Headache with lancinating < r.;
Vesicles and pimples; Twitching of the upper eyelids; Eyes painful and weary;
Difficult swallowing (saliva); Tearing in abdomen/lancinating as from a
stiletto in the navel;
Vertigo: „As if one would fall to
one side“
Head: Weight in the forehead; „As if
grain of sand in r. eye“; Protrusion of umbilical hernia; Cramp in l. leg and
painful large pimples on l. side of upper lip;
“Seduction,
Knowledge and Forsakenness”/R. jaw swollen and painful, lancinating (headache).
Eruption of vesicles and pimples. AfFINity for the jaw bones < air/dampness;
;
Repertorium: [Mute]
Gemüt: Ungeduld/Traurig (morgens)/Milde/Langeweile
Schwindel: Neigung zu Fallen, zu stürzen zur Seite/drehend
Kopf: Schweregefühl in Stirn/Seiten/Schweiß der Kopfhaut/Schmerz (lanzinierend r.)
Pulsieren im Stirn („Wie durch Hagelkörner“)
Auge: Zucken: Oberlid (l.)/Tränenfluss/Schmerz einige
Ohr: „Als ob Luft in Ohr hineinströmt“
Gesicht: Schwellung in Unterkiefer/Schmerz
Kribbeln/Hitze/Hautausschläge (Pickel) Oberlippe
Zähne: Verlängerungsgefühl/“Wie Stumpf“/Schmerz
Magen: Schmerz/Kälte
Bauch: Vorwölbung des Nabels/Schmerz: Nabel (reißend/lanzinierend)/Nabelbruch/Leistenhernie (schmerzhaft)
Rektum: Obstipation
Innerer Hals: Geschwollene Tonsillen/Schlucken unmöglich (Speichel)/schwierig
Brust: Hautausschläge: miliar/ juckend/Akne
Schlaf: Gestört/Erwacht um Mitternacht
Glieder: Schwellung in Arme: schmerzhaft/Krämpfe in Unterschenkel
Unterarm: Pickel
Rücken: Schmerz (gehend/Bücken)/Hautausschläge: juckend/Akne (Zervikalregion)
Allgemeines: < nasses Wetter/Schwäche (morgens)
Jucken: innerlich (> abends)
Komplementär: Lyss (= An),
Vergleich: Hekla. Helo.
Vergleich: Schlangen - Reptilia - Lizards - Krokodile;
Siehe: Reptilia
+ Giftengruppe + Wurmgruppe
+ Wachstumsgruppe
Sil ó Amph ó Lach
Wirkung: r.
seitig
Allerlei:
Amerika
Are perhaps
the least known of the reptiles, even more obscure than the tuatara. They are
also known as "worm lizards", and
constitute a suborder of their own within the Order Squamata
(= lizards
and snakes), but in appearance and structure not closely related to the
lizards. Amphisbaenians are normally two feet long at most and resemble giant
earthworms, with the obvious difference that as vertebrates they have a bone
structure. In this aspect they resemble the caecilians, their counterparts in
the Class Amphibia.
They are
legless lizards, Difference of amphisbaenians with Lizards: a reduced right
lung/much greater degree of bone in the skull as opposed to cartilage, which is
more prevalent in lizard skulls, and scales which are arranged in rings around
the body (hence the earthworm appearance). As with many burrowing animals, the
eyes have become reduced to vestigial status.
There are
130 species of amphisbaenians, divided among four families: the Bipedidae,
Trogonophidae, Rhineura and Amphisbaenidae. The three Bipedidae species have a
pair of reasonably
well-developed
front legs near the head, but otherwise amphisbaenians have no external limbs
visible. The name amphisbaenian, roughly translated, means "going both
ways", a reference to the
fact that
some of these creatures can in fact move backwards and also to the difficulty
in visually ascertaining at first glance which way round the creature is
pointing.
Amphisbaenians
are rarely seen in the pet trade, even among exotics: in fact I have never seen
one offered for sale, either in a shop or at a fair. Come to think of it, I
don't even recall seeing one at London Zoo or any other such institute. Part of
this is probably due to their low display value: after all, a creature that
spends all its time hidden in a substrate (literally burrowing, as opposed to
the mere
digging in of some lizards) is hardly likely to make a good talking point.
Amphisbaenians are also not exactly common in nature: confined to tropical and
sub-tropical parts of
and Africa,
plus the south of
in some
ways. The very lack of information we have on these strange reptiles will
hopefully be a spur to some individuals to make further studies.
According
to Mattison, care of captive amphisbaenians is actually fairly easy. The main
requirement is a substrate several inches deep of sand, sandy soil or leaf-litter,
depending on the
creature's
area of origin. A heat pad is placed under one end of the tank to allow limited
thermoregulation. In some cases a flat rock with a moist area underneath is
also provided. Food will be
in the form
of normal invertebrates (crickets/meal-/wax-/earthworms) dropped into the tank.
These can be allowed to run about as the amphisbaenian will consume them from
underneath the
surface.
For this reason, Mattison also warns that no other reptiles of any sort should
be kept in a tank with an amphisbaenian, as the larger amphisbaenians are
certainly carnivorous and will consume dead rodents or canned pet food.
Rundquist recommends pinkie or furry mice offered every other week and once or
twice a month supplemented with a liquid multivitamin at a dosage
of 0.1 cc
vitamins per 440 g body weight of captive. Lean beef or horsemeat is also
apparently acceptable. He also warns against feeding frozen fish to
amphisbaenians, a tendency he has noticed.
Appearance:
Amphisbaenians are limbless squamates whoses pectoral and pelvic girdles have
been significantly reduced or are absent. Usually they have a distinctly
annulated pattern of scutellation and rather short tails. Amphisbaenids are
adapted to a burrowing life style and accordingly, their skulls are heavily
ossified and their brain is entirely surrounded by the frontal bones.
In contrast
to other limbless lizards or snakes, which have a reduced left lung, the right
lung of amphisbaenians is reduced in size.
The total
body length ranges from 10 cm to about 70 cm.
Distribution:
Mostly Africa and South America with a few species in Europe and
Habitat:
Soil.
Burrowing;
The blunt-cone or bullet-headed genera (e.g., Amphisbaena, Blanus, Cadea
Zygaspis) burrow by simple head-ramming. The spade-snouted taxa (Leposternon,
Monopeltis) tip the
head
downward, thrust forward, and then lift the head. The laterally compressed
keeled-headed taxa (Anops/Ancylocranium) ram their heads forward, then
alternately swing it to the left and right (Zug 1993).
Reproduction:
usually oviparous, but some are live-bearing (some Loveridgea and Monopeltis).