Dalophia welwitschii is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Angola.
The specific name, welwitschii, is in honor of Austrian botanist Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withD. welwitschii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 26.5 cm (10.4 in), with a tail 2.4 cm (0.94 in) long, and a body diameter of 0.6 cm (0.24 in).
The preferred natural habitat of D. welwitschii is savanna, at altitudes of 900–1,100 m (3,000–3,600 ft).
