Dalophia ellenbergeri

Dalophia ellenbergeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Dalophia
Species:	D. ellenbergeri
Binomial name
	Dalophia ellenbergeri; (Angel, 1920)
Synonyms
	Monopeltis llenbergeri; Angel, 1920; Dalophia ellenbergeri; — Broadley, Gans & Visser, 1976; Tomuropeltis ellenbergeri; — Brygoo, 1990; Dalophia ellenbergeri; — Gans, 2005;

Last updated February 20, 2025

Dalophia ellenbergeri is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, ellenbergeri, is in honor of Victor Ellenberger (1879–1972), who was an African-born Swiss missionary and naturalist.^[3]

Geographic range

D. ellenbergeri is found in Angola and Zambia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. ellenbergeri is savanna.^[1]

Behavior

D. ellenbergeri is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

D. ellenbergeri is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Alexander GJ, Tolley KA (2021). "Dalophia ellenbergeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120684046A120906408.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.
1 2 3 Dalophia ellenbergeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, p. 82).

Angel F (1920). "Liste de reptiles du Haut-Zambèze et de l'Afrique australe. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Monopeltis". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris26 (7): 614–617. (Monopeltis ellenbergeri, new species, pp. 615–616, Figures 1–2). (in French).
Broadley DG, Gans C, Visser J (1976). "Studies on Amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 6. The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History157 (5): 311–486. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, pp. 451–454, Figures 116–121).
Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, p. 30).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Alexander GJ, Tolley KA (2021). "Dalophia ellenbergeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120684046A120906408.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Dalophia ellenbergeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, p. 82).

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