Biology:Western Congo worm lizard

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Western Congo worm lizard
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Monopeltis
Species:
M. guentheri
Binomial name
Monopeltis guentheri
Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms[2]
  • Monopeltis guentheri
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Monopeltis boulengeri
    Boettger, 1887
  • Monopeltis güntheri
    — de Witte, 1954
  • Monopeltis guentheri
    — Broadley, 1998

The Western Congo worm lizard (Monopeltis guentheri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[3]

Geographic range

M. guentheri is found in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. guentheri is forest.[4]

Description

M. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25 cm (9.8 in), with a tail length of 3 cm (1.2 in). It has 250–254 annuli on the body.[5]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of M. guentheri is unknown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kusamba, C.; Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. (2021). "Monopeltis guentheri" (in en). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176244A126048442.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176244/126048442. Retrieved 18 October 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Monopeltis guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.  (Monopeltis guentheri, p. 110)
  4. ↑ Boudzoumou, Sylvestre; Hoops, Daniel; Mamonekene, Victor; Jackson, Kate (2013). "Morphologogical variation in Monopeltis guentheri from forest habitat in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1080/21564574.2012.761284. Bibcode: 2013AfJH...62..117B. 
  5. ↑ Boulenger (1885).

Further reading

  • Boettger O (1887). "Diagnoses Reptilium Novorum ab ill. viro Paul Hesse in finibus fluminis Congo repertorum ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 10: 649–651. (Monopeltis boulengeri, new species, p. 649). (in Latin).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Monopeltis guentheri, new species, pp. 456–457 + Plate XXIV, figures 3a–3d).
  • Gans Carl (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 129: 1–130. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)289<0001:CABOTA>2.0.CO;2.  (Monopeltis guentheri, p. 35)
  • Gans, Carl; Latifi, Mahmood (1971). "Redescription and Geographical Variation of Monopeltis guentheri Boulenger (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia)". American Museum Novitates (2464): 1–20. 


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