Biology:Bouet’s worm snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Myriopholis |
| Species: | M. boueti
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| Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917)
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Bouet’s worm snake (Myriopholis boueti ) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.[3]
Geographic range
M. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Western Sahara.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Wagner P, Chirio L (2013). "Myriopholis boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13292136A13292145. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292136A13292145.en. Downloaded on 30 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Myriopholis boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Leptotyphlops boueti, p. 33).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis boueti, new combination).
- Chabanaud P (1917). "Note complémentaire sur les Ophidiens de l'Afrique occidentale, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 23: 7-14. (Glauconia boueti, new species, pp. 9–10, Figures 1-3). (in French).
Wikidata ☰ Q3019664 entry
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