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Dalophia gigantea (PERACCA, 1903)

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMonopeltis giganteus PERACCA 1903
Monopeltis truncata WITTE 1922: 68
Dalophia gigantea — LOVERIDGE 1941
Monopeltis giganteus — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942
Tomuropeltis gigantea — LAURENT 1947
Tomuropeltis gigantea — WITTE 1954: 991
Tomuropeltis gigantea — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Dalophia gigantea — BROADLEY 1998
Dalophia gigantea — GANS 2005: 30 
DistributionW Democratic Republic of the Congo (= Zaire, Kwango district)

Type locality: ‘‘Congo’’.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MRSN (= MZUT, also cited as IMZUT) 2844, MSNG 36071. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (7492 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy that of Broadley et al. (1976).

Type species: Monopeltis giganteus PERACCA 1903 is the type species of the genus Tomuropeltis LAURENT 1947.

Abundance: Rare.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after its large size, compared to the other members of the genus, from Greek gigas (giant). 
References
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Broadley, D.G., Gans,C. & Visser, J. 1976. Studies on Amphisbaenians. (6). The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 157 (5): 311-486 - 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
  • Loveridge, ARTHUR 1941. Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 87: 353-451. - get paper here
  • Peracca, MARIO GIACINTO 1903. Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Monopeltis Smith, del Congo. Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino. 18 (448): 1-3.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1922. Description de reptiles nouveaux du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Africaine 10: 66-71 - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1954. Revision des Amphisbaenidae du Congo Belge. Volume Jubilaire Victor Von Straelen. Brussels, vol. 2, pp. 981-1010.
  • Witte, G. F. de AND RAYMOND F. LAURENT 1942. Contribution à la systématique de Amphisbaenidae du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaine 36 (1): 67-86.
 
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