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Middle Congo worm lizard
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Monopeltis
Species:	M. schoutedeni
Binomial name
Monopeltis schoutedeni de Witte, 1933

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.

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.

References

1. 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 schoutedeni, p. 237).
2. ^ Monopeltis schoutedeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

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.

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