Zygaspis
| Purple round-headed worm lizards | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaspis Cope, 1885 |
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| Synonyms | |
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The purple round-headed worm lizards (Zygaspis) are a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, that are native to equatorial and southern Africa.[1]
Species
The genus contains 6 species:[2]
- Zygaspis ferox Broadley & Broadley, 1997 – Ferocious round-headed worm lizard
- Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley & Broadley, 1997 – Kafue round-headed worm lizard
- Zygaspis nigra Broadley & Gans, 1969 – Black round-headed worm lizard
- Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862) – Kalahari round-headed worm lizard
- Zygaspis vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930) – Van Dam's round-headed worm lizard
- Zygaspis violacea (Peters, 1854) – Violet round-headed worm lizard
Range maps
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Z. kafuensis -
Z. nigra
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Zygaspis |
- ↑ Branch, Bill (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.