Dalophia

Dalophia
Head and pectoral region from below (A), head lateral (B), and from above (C).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Dalophia (Gray, 1865)
Species
Seven species (see text)

Dalophia is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. Seven species are placed in this genus, all of them endemic to Africa.

Species

There are seven recognized species:

• Dalophia angolensis Gans, 1976
• Dalophia ellenbergeri (Angel, 1920)
• Dalophia gigantea (Peracca, 1903)
• Dalophia longicauda (F. Werner, 1915)
• Dalophia luluae (de Witte & Laurent, 1942)
• Dalophia pistillum (Boettger, 1895) - pestle-tailed worm lizard
• Dalophia welwitschii (Gray, 1865)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dalophia.

Further reading

• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130.
• 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 London 1865: 442–455. (Dalophia, new genus, pp. 454–455).