Gaboon worm lizard explained
The Gaboon worm lizard (Monopeltis jugularis) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to the west coast of Central Africa.
Geographic range
M. jugularis is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. jugularis is forest.
Description
The holotype of M. jugularis has a total length of 51cm (20inches), which includes a tail 2.9cm (01.1inches) long. The body has a diameter of 2.2cm (00.9inches).[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of M. jugularis is unknown.
Further reading
- 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 jugularis, p. 459).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Naural History (289): 1–130. (Monopeltis jugularis, p. 36).
- Peters W (1880). "Eine Mittheilung über neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien des Berliner Zoologischens Museums (Leposoma dispar, Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis, Typhlops depressus, Leptocalamus trilineatus, Xenodon punctatus, Elapomorphus erythronotus, Hylomantis fallax)". Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 217–224 + one plate. ("Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis ", new species, pp. 219–220 + plate, figure 1, four views). (in German and Latin).
Notes and References
- [Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]
