Dalophia welwitschii

Dalophia welwitschii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Dalophia
Species:	D. welwitschii
Binomial name
Dalophia welwitschii Gray, 1865
Synonyms [2]
Dalophia welwitschii Gray, 1865 Monopeltis welwitschii — Boulenger, 1885 Dalophia welwitschii — Branch et al., 2019

Dalophia welwitschii is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Angola. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, welwitschii, is in honor of Austrian botanist Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. welwitschii is savanna, at altitudes of 900–1,100 m (3,000–3,600 ft). ^[1]

Description

D. welwitschii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 26.5 cm (10.4 in), with a tail 2.4 cm (0.94 in) long, and a body diameter of 0.6 cm (0.24 in). ^[4]

References

1. Ceríaco LMP, Baptista N, Conradie W (2020). "Monopeltis welwitschii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T120685452A120906433. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120685452A120906433.en. Downloaded on 18 December 2020.
2. Dalophia welwitschii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dalophia welwitschii, p. 281).
4. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Monopeltis welwitschii, new combination, p. 456 + Plate XXIV, figures 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d).

Further reading

• Branch WR, Vaz Pinto P, Baptista N, Conradie W (2019). "The Reptiles of Angola: History, Diversity, Endemism and Hotspots". pp. 283–334. In: Huntley BJ, Russo V, Lages F, Ferrand N (editors) (2019). Biodiversity of Angola: Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis. (Foreword by His Excellency President of the Republic of Angola João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. 567 pp. ISBN   978-3-030-03083-4.
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Monopeltis welwitschii, p. 38).
• Gray JE (1865). "A Revision of the Genera and Species of Amphisbænians, with the Descriptions of some New Species now in the Collection of the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1865: 442–455. (Dalophia welwitschii, new species, p. 455).