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Diplometopon zarudnyi NIKOLSKY, 1907

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Higher TaxaTrogonophidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zarudnyi s Worm Lizard 
SynonymDiplometopon zarudnyi NIKOLSKY 1907: 277
Pachycalamus zarudnyi — BOULENGER 1920: 352
Diplometopon zarudnyi — LEVITON & ANDERSON 1967: 181
Diplometopon shueaibi NIAZI 1979
Diplometopon zarudnyi — HAAS 1957: 71
Diplometopon zarudnyi — GANS 2005: 42
Diplometopon zarudnyi — RUDAYNI et al. 2016 
DistributionW Iran, S Iraq, Kuwait, N Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar

Type locality: Nasrie in Arabistano, . . . in Persia australo-occidentali’’ 5 Nasrie in southwestern Iran on the Karun River [= Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran, 31.32 N 48.67 E].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP (ZIL) 10341; a specimen of Pachycalamus in BMNH 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (543 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType Species: Diplometopon zarudnyi is the type species of the genus Diplometopon NIKOLSKY 1907.

Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran and map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE. 
EtymologyNamed after Nikolai Alekseyivich Zarudny (Zarudnyi) (1859-1919), a zoologist, traveler, and ornithologist. 
References
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