Trogonophis wiegmanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Trogonophis wiegmanni Kaup, 1830: 881

Syntypes: formerly in Zool. Inst. Giessen. [lost fide W.J. Schmidt cited in Gans (2005: 43).
Type locality: Unknwon, restricted to “Algérie [=Algeria]” by Pasteur & Bons (1960: 79).

Kaup, J.J. 1830. Trogonophis. Eine neue Amphibiengattung, den Amphisbaenen zunächst verwandt. Isis von Oken 23: 880–881. BHL
Pasteur, G. & Bons, J. 1960. Catalogue des reptiles actuels du Maroc. Révision de formes d’Afrique, d’Europe et d’Asie. Travaux Institute de Science de Chérifien, Série Zoologie 21: 1–132. Reference page.
Gans, C. 2005. Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 289: 1–130. hdl: 2246/457 Reference page.

Salvi, D., Perera, A., Sampaio, F.L., Carranza, S. & Harris, D.J. 2017. Underground cryptic speciation within the Maghreb: Multilocus phylogeography sheds light on the diversification of the checkerboard worm lizard Trogonophis wiegmanni. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 118–128. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.013 Reference page.

Mateo Miras, J.A., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J., Slimani, T. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Trogonophis wiegmanni (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61589A12502172. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61589A12502172.en. Accessed on 28 June 2026.