Western Congo worm lizard

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]

Western Congo worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

Reproduction

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

References
  1. Kusamba, C. & Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. (2021). "Monopeltis guentheri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176244A126048442. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176244/126048442. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. Monopeltis guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Monopeltis guentheri, p. 110).
  4. Boudzoumou et al. (2013).

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).
  • Boudzoumou S, Hoops D, Mamonekene V, Jackson K (2013). "Morphologogical variation in Monopeltis guentheri from forest habitat in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)" African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 117–124. (in English, with an abstract in French).
  • 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 C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (129): 1–130. (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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