Worm Lizards of
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General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Chirindia (Pink Round-headed Worm Lizards)
 
Chirindia langi

Limpopo Round-headed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989
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Chirindia occidentalis

Soutpansberg Round-headed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989
Genus Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)
 
Dalophia pistillum

Zambezi Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Pietersen & Measey 2010 Branch 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
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Dalophia transvaalensis

Limpopo Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as pistillum] Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as pistillum] Fitzsimons 1933 Gans 2005
Genus Monopeltis (Spade-snouted Worm Lizards)
 
Monopeltis capensis

Cape Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group A"] Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Monopeltis decosteri

Delagoa Bay Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group C"] Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989 [as capensis]
 
Monopeltis infuscata

Dusky Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Pietersen & Measey 2010 Branch 1998 Broadley 1997 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 [as capensis "Group B"] Fitzsimons 1956 [as capensis] Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989 [as capensis] Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Monopeltis leonhardi

Kalahari Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989
 
Monopeltis mauricei

Botswana Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Pietersen & Measey 2010 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Gans 2005 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Monopeltis sphenorhynchus

Slender Spade-snouted Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bates, Pietersen & Measey 2010 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley, Gans & Visser 1976 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989
Genus Zygaspis (Purple Round-headed Worm Lizards)
 
Zygaspis arenicola

Maputo Round-headed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 [as violacea] Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997
 
Zygaspis quadrifrons

Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard

Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Gans 2005 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
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Zygaspis vandami

Mpumalanga Round-headed Worm Lizard

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1997 Gans 2005