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Zygaspis violacea (PETERS, 1854)

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAmphisbaena violacea PETERS 1854: 620
Amphisbaena violacea — LOVERIDGE 1941
Amphisbaena violacea — LAURENT 1947
Amphisbaena violacea — VANZOLINI 1953
Zygaspis violacea — BROADLEY & GANS 1978
Zygaspis longicauda BROADLEY 1990
Zygaspis violacea — BAUER et al. 1995: 68
Zygaspis violacea — GANS 2005: 40 
DistributionS coastal Mozambique (fide BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1997)

Type locality: “Inhambane, Lourenzo-Marques” [= Maputo, Mozambique].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 4814A (now 50222), 4814, 50221, 9420, 9421 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. The most derived species of Zygaspis, with fusion of preoculars with prefrontals, parietals with frontals, a single postocular and a single large temporal with which the postsupralabials are fused. This species has lower counts of body annuli and higher counts of caudal annuli (and hence a proportionately longer tail) than any other species in the genus, it is also distinguished from parapatric populations of Z. vandami arenicola by its more numerous segments in a midbody annulus. (BROADLEY & BROADLEY 1997) 
CommentZygaspis vandami has been considered as a synonym of Z. violacea. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Broadley D G 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (35): 469-493
  • 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, Donald G. & Broadley, Sheila 1997. A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1-24
  • Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
  • Jacobsen, Niels H.G.; Errol W. Pietersen & Darren W. Pietersen 2010. A preliminary herpetological survey of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula, Vilankulo, Mozambique. Herpetology Notes 3: 181-193
  • Laurent, R.F. 1947. Notes sur les Amphisbaenidae d'Afrique. Revue. Zool. Bot. Afr. Vol. 40: 52-63
  • Loveridge, ARTHUR 1941. Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 87: 353-451. - get paper here
  • Peters,W. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät es Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefeführt von Wilhelm C. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Berlin (Reimer), 191pp.
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614-628
  • Vanzolini, P. E. 1953. Sobre os nomes Zygaspis Cope e Shrevea Vanzolini. Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 11: 46-47 - get paper here
 
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