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Taxonomy of the genus Dalophia Biodiversity of the family Amphisbaenidae

Bibliography of the genus
Dalophia (Blunt-tailed Worm Lizards)

(Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Dalophia in general

Broadley, D.G. 1972. The wedge-snouted amphisbaenians of southern Africa. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 9(1): 34.

Broadley, D.G.; Gans, C.; Visser, J.D. 1976. Studies on amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 6. The genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in southern Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 157(5): 311-486.

Dalophia angolensis

Gans, C. 1976. Three new spade-snouted amphisbaenians from Angola (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). American Museum Novitates 2590: 1-11.

Dalophia ellenbergeri

Angel, F. 1920. Liste de reptiles du Haut-Zambeze et de l'Afrique australe. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Monopeltis. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 26(7): 614-617.

Dalophia gigantea

Peracca, M.G. 1903. Deserizione di una nuova specie del genere Monopeltis Smith del Congo. Boll. Mus. Torino 18(448): 3 pp.

Witte, G.F. de 1922. Description de reptiles nouveaux de Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 10: 66-71.

Dalophia granti

Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of a new toad and a new amphisbaenid from Mashonaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 20: 47-49.

Dalophia longicauda

Pietersen, D.W.; Pietersen, E.W.; Conradie, W. 2015. Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia . Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 11(1)(Special Section): 24–43.

Dalophia pistillum

Bates, M.F.; Pietersen, D.W.; Measey, G.J. 2010. New amphisbaenian records for the Northern Cape, South Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum (Bloemfontein) 26(3): 61-72.

Boettger, O. 1895. Zwei neue Reptilien vom Zambesi. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 62-63.

Branch, W.R.; McCartney, C.J. 1992. A report on a small collection of reptiles from southern Angola. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 1-3.

Cott, H.B. 1934. The Zoological Society's Expedition to the Zambesi, 1927. 5. On a Collection of Lizards, mainly from Portuguese East Africa, with Descriptions of new Species of Zonurus, Monopeltis, and Chirindia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1934: 145-173.

Rosenberg, H.I.; Cavey, M.J.; Gans, C. 1991. Morphology of the hemipenes of some Amphisbaenia (Reptilia: Squamata). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69(2): 359-368.

Dalophia transvaalensis

FitzSimons, V. 1933. Descriptions of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 273-280.