Dalophia pistillum (BOETTGER, 1895)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata
Subspecies
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]
Diagnosis
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.
References	Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp. 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. Boettger, OSKAR 1895. Zwei neue Reptilien vom Zambesi. Zool. Anz. 18: 62-63. - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1910. A revised list of the South African reptiles and batrachians, with synoptic tables, special reference to the specimens in the South African Museum, and descriptions of new species. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 455-543 - get paper here Boulenger,G.A. 1907. Second report on the reptiles and batrachians collected in South Africa by Mr. C.H.B. Grant, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C.D. Rudd. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1907: 478-487 - get paper here Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843 Conradie W, Bills R, and Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6–36 - get paper here Cott, HUGH 1934. The Zoological Society's expedition to the Zambesi, 1927. No. 5. On a collection of lizards, mainly from East Africa, with description of new species of Zonurus, Monopeltis, and Chirindia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London (no. 5): 145-173. - get paper here FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp. FitzSimons, VIVIAN 1933. Description of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals Transvaal Mus. 15 (2): 273-280. - 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 Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Laurent, R.F. 1964. Reptiles et batraciens de l'Angola (troisième contribution). Companhia de Di amantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola), No. 67, 165 pp. Longrich, Nicholas R.; Jakob Vinther , R. Alexander Pyron , Davide Pisani , Jacques A. Gauthier 2015. Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Proc Biol Sci. 2015 May 7;282(1806). pii: 20143034. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.3034. - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1920. Notes on East African lizards collected 1915-1919, with description of a new genus and species of skink and new subspecies of gecko. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1920: 131-167 - 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 Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Monard, ALBERT 1937. Contribution à l'herpétologie d'Angola. Arq. Mus. Bocage, Lisbon 8:19-153. Peracca, MARIO GIACINTO 1910. Rettili raccolti nell'alto Zambese (Barotseland) dal Signor Cav. Luiga Jalla. Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino., 25 (624): 1-6. Pietersen DW, Pietersen EW, Conradie W. 2017. Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11(1) [Special Section]: 24–43 (e148 - get paper here
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