Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862)
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Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862) |
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Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862) View in CoL
Kalahari Round-snouted Worm Lizard ( Fig. 15)
Material: One unlabelled and bleached specimen in Carmira Farm’s private collection.
Comment: This specimen conforms morphologically to Z. quadrifrons ( Broadley and Broadley 1997) . For many years, the species was known from Angola only from Monard’s (1931) description of Amphisbaena ambuellensis from ‘Chimporo’ (= Tchimpolo), which was subsequently synonymized with A. quadrifrons by Loveridge (1941) and later transferred to Zygaspis by Alexander and Gans (1966). No additional Angolan material was collected until recent surveys in southeastern Angola ( Conradie et al. 2016) and BNP (Butler et
Alexander AA, Gans C. 1966. The pattern of dermalvertebral correlation in snakes and amphisbaenians. Zoologische Mededelingen 41 (11): 171 - 190.
Broadley DG, Broadley S. 1997. A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1 - 24.
Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6 - 36 (e 126).
Loveridge A. 1941. Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 87 (5): 353 - 451.
Monard A. 1931. Mission scientifique Suisse dans l'Angola. Resultats scientifiques. Reptiles. Bulletin de la Societe Neuchatel Sciences Naturelles 55: 89 - 111.
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