| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Zygaspis niger BROADLEY & GANS 1969
Zygaspis niger — AUERBACH 1987: 138
Zygaspis nigra — BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1997
Zygaspis nigra — GANS 2005: 39
Zygaspis nigra — MARQUES et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | SW Zambia (west of the Zambezi), E Angola, Namibia (eastern Caprivi strip), Botswana
Type locality: Kalabo, Barotse Province (W Zambia).
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMZB, previously UM 6698. Paratypes: AMNH 95948; FMNH 133021, 134262, 134263, 142695–142702; TMP 32658, 32659; UM 4817–4818, 6694–6697, 6699–6712, (6699, 6701 to MCZ; 6695, 6707 to IRScNB), 10066–10075, 11556– 11561. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the quadrifrons group, distinguished from all other species by the presence of a single large temporal shield (fused with postsupralabials) and its black and white colouration. (BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1997)
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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the black coloration in adults, from Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black. |
| References |
- Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
- Broadley D G; Gans C 1978. Distribution, variation, and systematic status of Zygaspis violacea (Peters) (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) endemic to southeastern Africa. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 47 (14) : 319-334 - get paper here
- Broadley, D. & Gans,C. 1969. A new species of Zygaspis (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) from Zambia and Angola. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 4 (25): 1-4
- Broadley, D.G. & Gans,C. 1975. Additional records for Zygaspis niger and Z. quadrifrons. Herpetological Review 6 (1): 21 - get paper here
- Broadley, Donald G. & Broadley, Sheila 1997. A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1-24
- Conradie W, Keates C, Verburgt L, Baptista NL, Harvey J, Júlio T, Neef G. 2022. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(2): 181–214 (e322) - 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
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
- 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
- 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)
- Measey, John & Krystal A. Tolley 2013. A molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan amphisbaenians. African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 100-108 - get paper here
- 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
- 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
- Saiff, E. I. 1970. Geographical variation in the genus Zygaspis (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Herpetologica 26 (1): 86-119 - get paper here
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