Dalophia pistillum (BOETTGER, 1895)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
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Common Names | E: Pestle-Tailed Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Monopeltis pistillum BOETTGER 1895 Monopeltis granti BOULENGER 1907 Monopeltis colobura BOULENGER 1910 Monopeltis jallae PERACCA 1910 Monopeltis colobura — LOVERIDGE 1920: 145 Monopeltis granti transvaalensis FITZSIMONS 1933 Monopeltis mossambica COTT 1934 Monopeltis granti transvaalensis — MONARD 1937: 67 Monopeltis granti kuanyamarum MONARD 1937: 67 Dalophia pistillum — LOVERIDGE 1941 Monopeltis granti granti — FITZSIMONS 1943: 386 Monopeltis granti colobura — FITZSIMONS 1943: 388 Monopeltis granti transvaalensis — FITZSIMONS 1943: 389 Tomuropeltis pistillum — BROADLEY 1962 Dalophia pistillum — AUERBACH 1987: 142 Tomuropeltis pistillum — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Tomuropeltis granti — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Tomuropeltis granti colobura Tomuropeltis granti transvaalensis Tomuropeltis jallae Dalophia pistillum — GANS 2005: 31 Dalophia transvaalensis — GANS 2005: 31 Dalophia pistillum — LONGRICH et al. 2015 |
Distribution | N Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Republic of South Africa (Cape Province, Transvaal), Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia Type locality: Sambesi, Ostafrika |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: SMF 11833 (formerly 5455 2a), three specimens Holotype: MSNG 37466 [jallae] |
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Comment | Synonymy: LAURENT (1964) considered this form distinct and possibly would include granti and transvaalensis in its synonymy (after GANS 1967). FITZSIMONS (1943) included ellenbergeri in the synonymy of T. granti (after GANS 1967). Synonymy modified after Broadley et al. (1976). Subspecies: Loveridge (1941) considered both all subspecies of Tomuropeltis granti as synonyms of T. pistillum. LAURENT (1964) considered mossambica a valid species (or race) as well as colobura, the latter with luluae as a subspecies. |
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