Bouet's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species:
M. boueti
Binomial name
Myriopholis boueti
(Chabanaud, 1917)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia boueti
    Chabanaud, 1917
  • Glauconia debilis
    Chabanaud, 1918
  • Leptotyphlops narirostris boueti
    — Villiers, 1950
  • Leptotyphlops debilis
    — Hahn, 1980
  • Leptotyphlops boueti
    — J.-F. Trape & Mané, 2000
  • Myriopholis boueti
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Bouet's worm snake (Myriopholis boueti) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2] The species is native to West 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]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. boueti is savanna.[1]

Description

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

M. boueti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Myriopholis boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Chabanaud P (1917).

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).



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