Zygaspis vandami

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Zygaspis
Species: Zygaspis vandami
Name
[edit]Zygaspis vandami (FitzSimons, 1930)
- Holotype: TM 4279, adult indet., collected by G.P.F. van Dam.
- Type locality: “Louws Creek, Barberton District, Eastern Transvaal”.
Combinations
[edit]- Amphisbaena vandami FitzSimons, 1930: 32 [original combination]
- Zygaspis vandami — Broadley & Broadley, 1997 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with distribution records of allied species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20–48. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_640
Reference page. - Broadley, D.G. & Broadley, S. 1997. A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1–24. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Pietersen, D., Alexander, G.J., Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Weeber, J. & Measey, G.J. 2022. IUCN: Zygaspis vandami (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T196972A212500710. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T196972A212500710.en. Accessed on 29 October 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Vandam's Round-headed Worm Lizard