OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES No. 136, 42 pages, 36 figures, 9 tables June 15, 1982 The Ecology and Systematics of the Amphisbaenian Genus Bipes Theodore J. Papenfuss Museum uf Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Californiu 94720 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY