Western Congo worm lizard
{{Short description|Species of amphisbaenian}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Kusamba C, Zassi-Boulou AG (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.
| genus = Monopeltis
| species = guentheri
| authority = Boulenger, 1885
| subdivision =
| range_map = Monopeltis guentheri distribution.png
| synonyms = *Monopeltis guentheri
{{small|Boulenger, 1885}}
- Monopeltis boulengeri
{{small|Boettger, 1887}} - Monopeltis güntheri
{{small|— de Witte, 1954}} - Monopeltis guentheri
{{small|— Broadley, 1998}}
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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.{{NRDB species|genus=Monopeltis|species=guentheri|accessdate=24 February 2019}}
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.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}}. (Monopeltis guentheri, p. 110).
Geographic range
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. guentheri is forest.Boudzoumou et al. (2013).
Description
M. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{cvt|25|cm|in}}, with a tail length of {{cvt|3|cm}}. It has 250–254 annuli on the body.Boulenger (1885).
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of M. guentheri is unknown.
References
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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, Sylvestre; Hoops, Daniel Hoops; 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. (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 [sic]" (1971). "Redescription and Geographical Variation of Monopeltis guentheri Boulenger (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia)". American Museum Novitates (2464): 1–20.
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Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Reptiles described in 1885
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Category:Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
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