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'''''Monopeltis''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Amphisbaenidae]], commonly known as '''worm lizards'''. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern [[Africa]]. 20 [[species]] are placed in this genus.
'''''Monopeltis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[amphisbaenia]]ns in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Amphisbaenidae]]. [[Species]] in the genus are commonly known as '''worm lizards''', even though they are not [[lizard]]s. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern [[Africa]]. 19 [[species]] are placed in this genus.


==Species==
==Species==
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Monopeltis}}</ref>
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Monopeltis}}</ref>
*''[[Monopeltis adercae]]'' {{small|[[Gaston-François de Witte|de Witte]], 1953}} - Lualaba worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis adercae]]'' {{small|[[Gaston-François de Witte|de Witte]], 1953}} – Lualaba worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis anchietae]]'' {{small|([[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1873)}} - Angolan spade-snouted worm lizard, Anchieta's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis anchietae]]'' {{small|([[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1873)}} – Angolan spade-snouted worm lizard, Anchieta's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis capensis]]'' {{small|[[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1848}} - Cape worm lizard, South African shield-snouted amphisbaenian, Cape wedge-snouted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis capensis]]'' {{small|[[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1848}} – Cape worm lizard, South African shield-snouted amphisbaenian, Cape wedge-snouted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis decosteri]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1910}} - De Coster's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis decosteri]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1910}} – De Coster's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis galeata]]'' {{small|([[Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)|Hallowell]], 1852)}} - helmeted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis galeata]]'' {{small|([[Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)|Hallowell]], 1852)}} – helmeted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis guentheri]]'' {{small|Boulenger, 1885}} - Western Congo worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis guentheri]]'' {{small|Boulenger, 1885}} – Western Congo worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis infuscata]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Donald George Broadley|Broadley]], 1997}} - dusky spade-snouted worm lizard, infuscate wedge-snouted amphisbaenian
*''[[Monopeltis infuscata]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Donald George Broadley|Broadley]], 1997}} – dusky spade-snouted worm lizard, infuscate wedge-snouted amphisbaenian
*''[[Monopeltis jugularis]]'' {{small|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1880}} - Gaboon worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis jugularis]]'' {{small|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1880}} – Gaboon worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis kabindae]]'' {{small|de Witte & [[Raymond Ferdinand Laurent|Laurent]], 1942}} - Kabinda worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis kabindae]]'' {{small|de Witte & [[Raymond Ferdinand Laurent|Laurent]], 1942}} – Kabinda worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis leonhardi]]'' {{small|[[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1910}} -Kalahari worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis leonhardi]]'' {{small|[[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1910}} – Kalahari worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis luandae]]'' {{small|[[Carl Gans|Gans]], 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis luandae]]'' {{small|[[Carl Gans|Gans]], 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis mauricei]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|Parker]], 1935}} – Maurice's slender worm lizard, Maurice's spade-snouted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis perplexus]]'' {{small|Gans, 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis perplexus]]'' {{small|Gans, 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis remaclei]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1933}} - Witte's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis remaclei]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1933}} – Witte's worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis rhodesiana]]'' {{small|Broadley, Gans & [[John Visser|Visser]], 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis rhodesiana]]'' {{small|Broadley, Gans & [[species:John Visser|Visser]], 1976}}
*''[[Monopeltis scalper]]'' {{small|([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1876)}} - carved worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis scalper]]'' {{small|([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1876)}} – carved worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis schoutedeni]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1933}} - Middle Congo worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis schoutedeni]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1933}} – Middle Congo worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis sphenorhynchus]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1879)}} - slender spade-snouted worm lizard, Maurice’s spade-snouted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis sphenorhynchus]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1879)}} – slender spade-snouted worm lizard, Maurice's spade-snouted worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis vanderysti]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1922}} - Vanderyst worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis vanderysti]]'' {{small|de Witte, 1922}} – Vanderyst worm lizard
*''[[Monopeltis welwitschii]]'' {{small|([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1865)}}
*''[[Monopeltis zambezensis]]'' {{small|Gans & Broadley, 1974}}
*''[[Monopeltis zambezensis]]'' {{small|Gans & Broadley, 1974}}


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
{{Wikispecies|Monopeltis}}
{{Wikispecies|Monopeltis}}
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus ''Monopeltis'', pp.&nbsp;453–454; key to species, p.&nbsp;454; species accounts, pp.&nbsp;455–459).
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*[[Carl Gans|Gans C]] (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist.'' (289): 1-130.
*[[William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]] (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus ''Monopeltis'', p.&nbsp;124).
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*[[Carl Gans|Gans C]] (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' (289): 1–130.


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Monopeltis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Monopeltis
A. Smith, 1848
Species

20, see text.

Monopeltis is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards, even though they are not lizards. The genus is endemic to southern Africa. 19 species are placed in this genus.

Species[edit]

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Monopeltis.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Genus Monopeltis at The Reptile Database

Further reading[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Monopeltis.
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Monopeltis, pp. 453–454; key to species, p. 454; species accounts, pp. 455–459).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Monopeltis, p. 124).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
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