Abstract We describe a new species of Zygaspis based on a single specimen collected in north-eastern Mozambique and deposited in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo. The new species is characterised by its extensively black pigmentation, 191 body annuli, discrete preoculars, four parietals, two postoculars, three supralabials, and two post-supralabials. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA suggests that it is a sister taxon to the widespread Zygaspis quadrifrons. ZooBank.—urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9651A65E-949E-4C95-A363-81C558A222AC

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来自莫桑比克东北部的一新种 Zygaspis（爬行动物：有鳞：Amphisbaenidae）

摘要 我们根据在莫桑比克东北部收集并存放在布拉瓦约津巴布韦自然历史博物馆的单个标本描述了一种新的 Zygaspis。这个新物种的特征是其广泛的黑色色素沉着、191 个身体环、离散的前眼、四个顶骨、两个后眼、三个上唇和两个后上唇。mtDNA 的系统发育分析表明它是广泛分布的 Zygaspis quadrifrons 的姊妹分类群。ZooBank.—urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9651A65E-949E-4C95-A363-81C558A222AC