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Monopeltis mauricei PARKER, 1935

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Maurice’s Slender Worm Lizard, Maurice’s Spade-snouted Worm Lizard 
SynonymMonopeltis mauricei PARKER 1935: 582
Monopeltis ocularis FITZSIMONS 1941: 277
Monopeltis mauricei — LOVERIDGE 1941: 408
Monopeltis ocularis — FITZSIMONS 1943: 390
Monopeltis mauricei — FITZSIMONS 1943: 400
Monopeltis ocularis — FITZSIMONS & BRAIN 1958
Monopeltis ocularis — BROADLEY 1962
Monopeltis sphenorhynchus mauricei — AUERBACH 1987: 140
Monopeltis sphenorhynchus mauricei — BROADLEY 1992
Monopeltis mauricei — BATES et al. 2014: 155
Monopeltis mauricei — BOURQUIN & GRUENER 2017
Monopeltis mauricei — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionBotswana (Serowe), Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Type locality: “Monjalatsela, near Ghanzi, Bechuanaland”.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1933.9.9.14, female 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (5760 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after J. Maurice, Esq., who presented the type to the British Museum. 
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.
  • BOURQUIN, O. & V. GRUENER 2017. A NOTE ON THE HERPETOFAUNA OF MODISA CAMP (BOTSWANA) AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. African Herp News (64): 9-26 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D G 1992. Amphisbaenia. Amphisbaenidae. Monopeltis sphenorhynchus mauricei Parker 1935. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 41: 39 - 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
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Fitzsimons, V.F.M.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 1(1): 99-104 - get paper here
  • Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from southern Rhodesia. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (3): 273-281 - 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
  • Parker, HAMPTON WILDMAN 1935. A new species of amphisbaenid lizard from Bechuanaland. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 15: 582-583. - get paper here
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
 
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