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Gaboon worm lizard
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Monopeltis
Species: M. jugularis
Binomial name
Monopeltis jugularis
W. Peters, 1880
Synonyms
  • Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis
    W. Peters, 1880
  • Lepidosternon jugulare
    — Strauch, 1881
  • Lepidosternon koppenfelsii
    Strauch 1881
  • Monopeltis jugularis
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Monopeltis semipunctata
    Boettger, 1893

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 51 cm (20 in), which includes a tail 2.9 cm (1.1 in) long. The body has a diameter of 2.2 cm (0.87 in).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of M. jugularis is unknown.

References

  1. ^ LeBreton, M., Chirio, L. & Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Monopeltis jugularis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176245A126048641. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176245/126048641. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Monopeltis jugularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. Boulenger GA (1885).
  4. Peters W (1880).

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 Natural 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).


Taxon identifiers
Monopeltis jugularis


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