Dalophia welwitschii

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

Last updated March 06, 2021

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]

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References

1 2 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.
1 2 Dalophia welwitschii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
↑ 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).
↑ 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).