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Chirindia langi FITZSIMONS, 1939

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesChirindia langi langi (FITZSIMONS) 1939
Chirindia langi occidentalis JACOBSEN 1984 
Common NamesE: Lang's Worm Lizard 
SynonymChirindia langi FITZSIMONS 1939
Amphisbaena langi — LOVERISGE 1941: 8
Amphisbaena langi — FITZSIMONS 1943: 381
Chirindia langi — GANS 2005: 26
Chirindia langi — BATES et al. 2014: 149
Chirindia langi langi — STANDER 2023: 67

Chirindia langi occidentalis JACOBSEN 1984
Chirindia langi occidentalis — BATES et al. 2014: 150
Chirindia langi occidentalis — STANDER 2023: 68 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (NE Transvaal), SE Zimbabwe, C Mozambique

Type locality: ‘‘Punda Maira (5 Punda Milia), northeastern Transvaal’’.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) (= TMP) 19197. Paratype: TMP 19198 (Transvaal Museum)
Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 55241. Paratypes: DNMNH (= TM) (TMP) [occidentalis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2055 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Herbert Lang (1879-1957), a German taxidermist who worked in the Natural History Museum, Universitat Zurich, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Transvaal Museum, South Africa. He traveled widely in Africa.

C. l. occidentalis was named after Latin occidentalis = "western" and refers to its western distribution. 
References
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Broadley D G; Gans C 1978. Southern forms of Chirindia (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 47 (3): 29-51 - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16 - get paper here
  • Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
  • Jacobsen N H G 1984. A new subspecies of Chirindia langi (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia) from southern Africa, with notes on the ecology of the species. Annals Transvaal Museum 33 (26): 391-398 - get paper here
  • Pienaar, Uys de Villiers 1978. The Reptile Fauna of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, i-vii, 222 S.
  • Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 pp. - get paper here
 
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