Zygaspis quadrifrons

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 : 39

Zygaspis quadrifrons (not Peters) Saiff, 1970: 113

(part).

Zygaspis quadrifrons dolichomenta Welch, 1982 :

12.

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley and Broadley (1997: 12–13).

RANGE: Known from four scattered localities in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo at altitudes of less than 500 meters.

Zygaspis ferox Broadley and Broadley Zygaspis ferox Broadley and Broadley, 1997: 11 . TYPE LOCALITY: Silverstreams Estate , Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe. Holotype: NMZB­ UM 8974. Paratypes: NMZB­UM 8333 , 11338 , 18049 , 18050 , 18369 ; CG 3367 , 4006 ; NMZB 7407, 1220, 1221; PEM R10369 .

Amphisbaena quadrifrons capensis Loveridge, 1941: 387 (part).

Amphisbaena quadrifrons capensis Fitzsimons, 1943: 376 (part).

Zygaspis quadrifrons Saiff, 1970: 113 (part).

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley and Broadley (1997: 11).

RANGE: Forested areas in the southern highlands of Zimbabwe (Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts) on clay soils derived from dolerite.

Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley and Broadley

Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley and Broadley, 1997: 11 . TYPE LOCALITY: Chunga Camp , Kafue National Park, Zambia. Holotype: NMZB­UM 30039 . Paratypes NMZB­UM 30041 ; BMNH 1955.1 .10.4 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley and Broad­

ley (1997: 11–12). RANGE: The area surrounding the Kafue

Flats in central Zambia.

Zygaspis nigra Broadley and Gans

Zygaspis quadrifrons (not Peters) R. Laurent,

1964: 84.

Zygaspis niger Broadley and Gans, 1969: 1 . TYPE

LOCALITY: Kalabo, Barotse Province, Zambia.

Holotype: UM 6698. Paratypes: AMNH 95948;

FMNH 133021, 134262, 134263, 142695–

142702; TMP 32658, 32659; UM 4817–4818,

6694–6697, 6699–6712, (6699, 6701 to MCZ;

6695, 6707 to IRScNB), 10066–10075, 11556–

11561. DISCUSSION OF FORM: Broadley and Gans

(1969: 1), Broadley (1971a), Broadley and Gans (1975), Branch (1988a), Broadley and Broadley (1997: 13–14).

RANGE: Zambia, eastern Angola and Caprivi Strip of Namibia.

Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters)

Amphisbaena quadrifrons W.C.H. Peters, 1862: 25 . TYPE LOCALITY: Neu­Barmen, Hererolande = Otjimbingue. Syntypes: ZMB 4202–4204.

Cynisca quadrifrons Gray, 1872: 36 .

Amphisbaena capensis Thominot, 1887: 188 . TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘ Lac Ngami’’.

Amphisbaena violacea (not Peters) G. Boulenger, 1910: 472 (part).

Amphisbaena quadrifrons quadrifrons Loveridge, 1941: 385 .

Amphisbaena quadrifrons capensis Loveridge, 1941: 387 (part).

Amphisbaena ambuellensis Monard, 1931: 93 . TYPE LOCALITY: Chimporo (= Techimpolo) and Caquindo, Angola. Syntypes: LCFM (two specimens, unnumbered); NMBA 13330 .

Amphisbaena quadrifrons katangae Witte and Laurent, 1942: 81. TYPE LOCALITY: Lukafu, Katanga (= Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo.

Zygaspis capensis Alexander and Gans, 1966: 181 .

Zygaspis quadrifrons Alexander and Gans, 1966: 181 ,

Zygaspis quadrifrons capensis Pienaar, 1966: 94 .

Zygaspis quadrifrons quadrifrons Gans, 1967a: 88 .

DISCUSSION OF FORM: Loveridge (1941:

385), FitzSimons (1943: 377), Alexander and

Gans (1966: 181), and Broadley and Broad­

ley (1997: 15–18, and references therein).

RANGE: Southern Democratic Republic of

Congo (Shaba Province), south through

Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana to the

northern regions of South Africa, west to

southwestern Angola and northern Namibia,

east to southern Malawi and central Moz­

ambique.

Zygaspis vandami (FitzSimons)

Amphisbaena vandami FitzSimons, 1930: 32 . TYPE LOCALITY: Louw’s Creek, Barberton District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Amphisbaena violacea Loveridge, 1941: 389 (part).

Amphisbaena violacea vandami Fitzsimons, 1943: 380 .

Zygaspis violacea violacea (not Peters) Pienaar, 1966: 95.