Zygaspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Zygaspis
Species (8): Z. dolichomenta – Z. ferox – Z. kafuensis – Z. maraisi – Z. nigra – Z. quadrifrons – Z. vandami – Z. violacea

Name

• Zygaspis Cope, 1885

Type species: Amphisbaena quadrifrons Peters, 1862.

References

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. & Broadley, S. 1997. A revision of the African genus Zygaspis Cope (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). Syntarsus 4: 1–24. Reference page. 
• Broadley, D.G.† & Measey, G.J. 2016. A new species of Zygaspis (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from north-eastern Mozambique. African Journal of Herpetology 65(2): 115–122. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2016.1183717 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Zygaspis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.