Zygaspis

Purple round-headed worm lizards
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Zygaspis
Cope, 1885
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Shrevea Vanzolini, 1951

The purple round-headed worm lizards (Zygaspis) are a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, that are native to equatorial and southern Africa.[1]

Species

The genus contains 6 species:[2]

Range maps

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Zygaspis
  1. Branch, Bill (1998). Field guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa (3 ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 122–124. ISBN 9781868720408.
  2. "Genus: Zygaspis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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