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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 
Diagnosis 
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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