Zygaspis

Zygaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Amphisbaenidae
Genus:Zygaspis
Cope, 1885
Species

see text

Synonyms

Zygaspis is a genus of lizards 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]

Species

The genus contains eight species:[2]

  • Zygaspis dolichomenta de Witte & Laurent, 1942
  • Zygaspis ferox D. Broadley & S. Broadley, 1997 – ferocious round-headed worm lizard
  • Zygaspis kafuensis D. Broadley & S. Broadley, 1997 – Kafue round-headed worm lizard
  • Zygaspis maraisi D. Broadley & Measey, 2016
  • Zygaspis nigra D. Broadley & Gans, 1969 – black round-headed worm lizard
  • Zygaspis quadrifrons (W. Peters, 1862) – Kalahari round-headed worm lizard
  • Zygaspis vandami (V. Fitzsimons, 1930) – Van Dam's round-headed worm lizard
  • Zygaspis violacea (W. Peters, 1854) – violet round-headed worm lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zygaspis.

Range maps

References

  1. ↑ Branch, Bill (1998). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa (3 ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 122–124. ISBN 9781868720408.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Zygaspis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

Further reading

  • 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).
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