Dalophia ellenbergeri

Dalophia ellenbergeri is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Dalophia ellenbergeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Dalophia
Species:
D. ellenbergeri
Binomial name
Dalophia ellenbergeri
(Angel, 1920)
Synonyms[2]
  • Monopeltis llenbergeri
    Angel, 1920
  • Dalophia ellenbergeri
    — Broadley, Gans & Visser, 1976
  • Tomuropeltis ellenbergeri
    — Brygoo, 1990
  • Dalophia ellenbergeri
    — Gans, 2005

Etymology

The specific name, ellenbergeri, is in honor of Victor Ellenberger (1879–1972), who was an African-born Swiss missionary and naturalist.[3]

Geographic range

D. ellenbergeri is found in Angola and Zambia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. ellenbergeri is savanna.[1]

Behavior

D. ellenbergeri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

D. ellenbergeri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Alexander GJ, Tolley KA (2021). "Dalophia ellenbergeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120684046A120906408.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.
  2. Dalophia ellenbergeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, p. 82).

Further reading
  • Angel F (1920). "Liste de reptiles du Haut-Zambèze et de l'Afrique australe. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Monopeltis". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 26 (7): 614–617. (Monopeltis ellenbergeri, new species, pp. 615–616, Figures 1–2). (in French).
  • Broadley DG, Gans C, Visser J (1976). "Studies on Amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 6. The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 157 (5): 311–486. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, pp. 451–454, Figures 116–121).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130. (Dalophia ellenbergeri, p. 30).



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