Bouet's worm snake
| 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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| Binomial name | |
| 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 native to West Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]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]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of M. boueti is savanna.[1]
Description
[edit]The holotype of M. boueti has a total length of 16.6 cm (6.5 in), which includes a tail 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long. The diameter of the body is 0.3 cm (0.12 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Wagner, P.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Myriopholis boueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13292136A13292145. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292136A13292145.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d 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).
- ^ Chabanaud P (1917).
Further reading
[edit]- 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).