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Round-headed Worm Lizards
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Round-headed Worm Lizards

Zygaspis

Zygaspis is a genus of lizards in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as purple round-headed worm lizards, and are native to equatorial and southern Africa.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Kalahari Round-snouted Worm Lizard

speciesZygaspis quadrifrons

Maputoland Dwarf Worm Lizard

speciesZygaspis arenicola

Van Dam's Round-headed Worm Lizard

speciesZygaspis vandami

ferocious round-headed worm lizard

speciesZygaspis ferox

Kafue round-headed worm lizard

speciesZygaspis kafuensis

black round-headed worm lizard

speciesZygaspis nigra

Marais's Round-headed Worm Lizard

speciesZygaspis maraisi

violet round-headed worm lizard

speciesZygaspis violacea

Congolese Round-headed Worm Lizard

speciesZygaspis dolichomenta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31737.