Middle Congo worm lizard explained

The Middle Congo worm lizard (Monopeltis schoutedeni) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is indigenous to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, schoutedeni, is in honor of Belgian zoologist Henri Eugene Alphonse Hubert Schouteden.^[1]

Geographic range

M. schoutedeni is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of M. schoutedeni is unknown.

Further reading

• de Witte G-F (1933). "Description de deux amphisbaenides nouveaux du Congo Belge". Revue de Zoologie Africain 23 (2): 168–171. (Monopeltis schoutedeni, new species). (in French).
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Monopeltis schoutedeni, p. 37).
• Pauwels OSG, Albert J-L, Lenglet GL (2010). "Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae, Monopeltis schoutedeni de Witte, 1933: First record from Gabon, with an updated key to Gabonese worm lizards". Check List 6 (3): 476–478.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Monopeltis schoutedeni, p. 237).