Zygaspis is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as purple round-headed worm lizards, and are native to equatorial and southern Africa.[1]
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Zygaspis quadrifrons | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | Zygaspis Cope, 1885 |
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Species
editThe genus contains eight species:[2]
- Zygaspis dolichomenta de Witte & Laurent, 1942
- Zygaspis ferox D. Broadley & S. Broadley, 1997
- Zygaspis kafuensis D. Broadley & S. Broadley, 1997
- Zygaspis maraisi D. Broadley & Measey, 2016
- Zygaspis nigra D. Broadley & Gans, 1969
- Zygaspis quadrifrons (W. Peters, 1862) – Kalahari round-snouted worm lizard, Kalahari dwarf worm lizard
- Zygaspis vandami (V. Fitzsimons, 1930) – Van Dam's dwarf worm lizard
- Zygaspis violacea (W. Peters, 1854)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zygaspis.
References
edit- ^ Branch, Bill [in French] (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa (3 ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 122–124. ISBN 9781868720408.
- ^ "Genus: Zygaspis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
Further reading
editWikispecies has information related to Zygaspis .
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Zygaspis, genus, p. 122; species accounts, pp. 122–124).
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proc. American Philosophical Soc. Philadelphia 22: 167–194. (Zygaspis, new genus, p. 188).