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Zygaspis  Cope, 1885
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1125415

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAmphisbaenia  – Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenians  
                               FamilyAmphisbaenidae Gray, 1865 – Tropical Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenids  
                                  GenusZygaspis Cope, 1885  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Zygaspis dolichomenta (de Witte and Laurent, 1942)  
                                     Species Zygaspis ferox Broadley and Broadley, 1997  
                                     Species Zygaspis kafuensis Broadley and Broadley, 1997  
                                     Species Zygaspis maraisi Broadley and Measey, 2016  
                                     Species Zygaspis nigra Broadley and Gans, 1969  
                                     Species Zygaspis quadrifrons (Peters, 1862) – Kalahari Dwarf Worm Lizard, Kalahari Round-snouted Worm Lizard 
                                     Species Zygaspis vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930) – Van Dam's Dwarf Worm Lizard 
                                     Species Zygaspis violacea (Peters, 1854)  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2020), website (version Dec-2019)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org   
  Reference for: Zygaspis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gans, Carl  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 289   
  Page(s): 1-130   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0090   
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