Shielded worm lizard

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. |date=2021 |title=Leposternon scutigerum |volume=2021 |page=e.T176241A159254400 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176241/159254400 |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Leposternon

| species = scutigerum

| authority = Hemprich, 1820

| subdivision =

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The shielded worm lizard (Leposternon scutigerum) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil.{{NRDB species|genus=Leposternon|species=scutigerum|accessdate=24 February 2019}}