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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Monopeltis

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)

Species native to southern Africa

Monopeltis anchietae (Anchieta's spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

 

Monopeltis capensis (Cape spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

Monopeltis decosteri (De Coster's spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

 

Monopeltis infuscata (Dusky spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

Monopeltis leonhardi (Kalahari spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

 

Monopeltis rhodesiana (Zimbabwe spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

 

Monopeltis sphenorhynchus (Slender spade-snouted worm lizard)

 

 

Monopeltis zambezensis (Zambezi spade-snouted worm lizard)