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    Species Accepted

    Zygaspis violacea (Peters, 1854)

    Mozambique Dwarf Worm Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Zygaspis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Mozambique Dwarf Worm Lizard English
      violet round-headed worm lizard English
      Фиолетовый зигаспис Russian
      سحلية دودية مستديرة الرأس البنفسجية Arabic

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      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.
      Vanzolini, P. E. (1953). Sobre os nomes Zygaspis Cope e Shrevea Vanzolini. Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 11: 46-47.
      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, & 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.
      Broadley, Donald G. & Broadley, Sheila. (1997). A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1-24.
      Loveridge, & ARTHUR. (1941). Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 87: 353-451.
      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.
      Gans, Carl; Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer. (1997). An annotated type catalogue of the amphisbaenians (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenia) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 73 (1): 41-50.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      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.

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