Dalophia angolensis Gans

GANS, CARL, 2005, Checklist And Bibliography Of The Amphisbaenia Of The World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (289), pp. 1-130 : 30-31

Dalophia angolensis Gans

Dalophia angolensis Gans, 1976: 6 . TYPE LOCAL­ ITY: ‘‘ Calombe , 7 km. west of Villa Luso , on Vila Luso­Moxico road, Angola’ ’. Holotype: CZL 167 . Paratypes: AMNH 111339 ; CZL 50 , 204 , 265 , 292–300 , 317–318 , 387–388 , 399– 400 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley et al. (1976: 446–451).

RANGE: Known from type series only.

Dalophia colobura (Boulenger)

Monopeltis colobura G. Boulenger, 1910: 495 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Sesheke Barotseland’ ’, Zambia. Syntypes: BMNH 1910.6.18.11:RR1946.8.8.96; SAM 4663 .

Monopeltis ? colobura ( longicauda new species?) Werner , 1915: 340. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Okawango’ ’, Namibia. Holotype: Formerly in the Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg; destroyed.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941: 432) considered this form a synonym of T. pistillum , and T. longicauda a full species. FitzSimons (1943: 388) included T. ellenbergeri in synonymy. R. Laurent (1964: 88) considered M. colobura a valid species, distinct from M. granti , and with M. luluae as a subspecies.

RANGE: Upper Zambezi district, Barotseland, and northeastern parts of Namibia.

Dalophia ellenbergeri (Angel)

Monopeltis ellenbergeri Angel, 1920: 615 . TYPE

LOCALITY: ‘‘Lealui Dist. (Haut­Zambéze)’’.

Syntypes: MHNP 20.78–20.80.

Dalophia ellenbergeri Loveridge, 1941: 433 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941: 433). FitzSimons (1943: 388) considered this species a synonym of T. granti colobura . See also Broadley (1971a, 1971c, 1997b), Broad­

ley et al. (1976), Guibé (1954), and Laurent (1947).

RANGE: Known from the types only.

Dalophia gigantea (Peracca) Monopeltis giganteus Peracca, 1903: 1 . TYPE LO­

CALITY: ‘‘Congo’’. Syntypes: IMZUT 2844,

MSNG C.E.36071.

Monopeltis truncata Witte, 1922: 68 . TYPE LOCAL­

ITY: ‘‘ Kwango’ ’, Congo. Holotype: RGMC 32. Dalophia gigantea Loveridge, 1941: 429 . Emen­

dation.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941: 429), Witte (1954: 991), Broadley et al. (1976).

RANGE: Kwango district, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dalophia granti (Boulenger) Monopeltis granti G. Boulenger, 1907b: 48 . TYPE

LOCALITY: ‘‘Beira, Portuguese East Africa’’. Ho­

lotype: BMNH 1907.4.29.33:RR1946.8.31.98.

Monopeltis mossambica Cott, 1934: 155 . TYPE LO­

CALITY: ‘‘ Caia’ ’, Mozambique. Holotype:

BMNH 1933.7.1.2:RR1946.8.31.99. Paratype:

BMNH 1933.7.1.86.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941: 434) considered this form a synonym of T. pistillum . FitzSimons (1943: 386). R. Laurent (1964: 88) considered granti possibly a synonym of T. pistillum , and M. mossambica a valid species or race.

RANGE: Portuguese East Africa (= Mozambique) from Beira to Mozambique.

Dalophia jallae (Peracca)

Monopeltis jallae Peracca, 1910: 1 . TYPE LOCAL­ ITY: ‘‘ Zambese (Barotseland)’’, Zambia. Syntypes: IMZUT 4011 ; MSNG C.E.37466.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941: 433).

RANGE: Known from the types only.

Dalophia longicauda (Werner)

Monopeltis colobura ( longicauda , new species?) Werner , 1915: 340. TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Okawango’ ’ (between 19 ° and 21 ° 30 ̍ E longitude), Namibia. Holotype: ZMH 4275 .

Dalophia longicauda: Loveridge, 1941: 432 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley et al.

(1976: 459–463). See also Auerbach (1987),

Branch (1988a, identification), and Broadley and Blake (1979, checklist).

RANGE: Botswana; Tamafupi: Zimbabwe; Victoria Falls, Wankie National Park.