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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kalahari Dwarf Worm Lizard, Kalahari Round-snouted Worm Lizard 
SynonymAmphisbaena quadrifrons PETERS 1862: 25
Amphisbaena capensis THOMINOT 1887
Amphisbaena ambuellensis MONARD 1931
Amphisbaena ambuellensis — MONARD 1937: 65
Amphisbaena quadrifrons quadrifrons — LOVERIDGE 1941: 385
Zygaspis quadrifrons capensis — LOVERIDGE 1941
Amphisbaena quadrifrons katangae WITTE & LAURENT 1942: 81
Zygaspis quadrifrons capensis — FITZSIMONS 1943
Amphisbaena quadrifrons — LAURENT 1947
Shrevea quadrifrons — VANZOLINI 1951
Zygaspis quadrifrons — VANZOLINI 1953
Amphisbaena quadrifrons capensis — WITTE 1954: 986
Amphisbaena quadrifrons capensis — BROADLEY 1962
Zygaspis quadrifrons — AUERBACH 1987: 138
Zygaspis quadrifrons — BROADLEY 1998
Zygaspis quadrifrons — GANS 2005: 39
Zygaspis quadrifrons — BATES et al. 2014: 156
Zygaspis quadrifrons — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionAngola, N Namibia, W Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Republic of South Africa (Cape Province), S Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Type locality: Neu Barmen [= Otjimbingue, Namibia], by implication.

ambuellensis: Type locality: Chimporo (= Techimpolo) and Caquindo, Angola.

capensis: Type locality: ‘‘Lac Ngami’’.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 4202-4
Syntypes: LCFM (two specimens, unnumbered); NMBA 13330 [ambuellensis]
Holotype: MNHN 431 [capensis]
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC = RGMC) 7233 [katangae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4156 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy and subspecies mainly after GANS 1967. BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1997 synonymized capensis with Z. quadrifrons and elevated Z. q. dolichomenta to full species status.

Type Species: Amphisbaena quadrifrons is the type species of the genus Zygaspis COPE 1885 and the type species of the genus Shrevea VANZOLINI 1951; Vanzolini included quadrifrons and dolichomenta in Shrevea. 
References
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