Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard
- Dalophia pistillum
- IUCN Status: Least Concern
- Threat: unconfirmed
- Venom/Toxin: none
- Trend: stable
General Information
The Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard (Dalophia pistillum) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae.
The species is indigenous to southern Africa.
Ecology & Behaviour
This fossorial species has been recorded from several savanna types and is found in Kalahari sand and coastal alluvium.
Distribtion & Habitat
istributed widely in southern Africa, occurring in Angola, Botswana, eastern Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and extending as far east as mid-Mozambique (Branch 1998, Bates et al. 2014). There are no known records from Malawi. In South Africa it is known only from the Nylstroom-Vaalwater area of Limpopo, the Vryburg area of North West Province, and east of Upington in the Northern Cape (Bates et al. 2010).
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- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Family: Amphisbaenidae
- Genus: Dalophia
