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(Redirected from Monopeltis scalper) Species of amphisbaenian

Carved worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Monopeltis
Species: M. scalper
Binomial name
Monopeltis scalper
(Günther, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Phractogonus scalper
    Günther, 1876
  • Lepidosternon scalprum
    — Strauch, 1881
  • Monopeltis scalper
    — Boulenger, 1885

The carved worm lizard (Monopeltis scalper) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are two recognized subspecies.

Description

M. scalper is brownish dorsally, and it is whitish ventrally. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 29 cm (11 in), with a tail 2.9 cm (1.1 in) long.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of M. scalper is unknown.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Monopeltis scalper gerardi Boulenger, 1913
  • Monopeltis scalper scalper (Günther, 1876)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Monopeltis.

References

  1. ^ Monopeltis scalper at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ Boulenger (1885).

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 scalper, new combination, pp. 457–458 + Plate XXIV, figures 4a–4d).
  • Boulenger GA (1913). "Description d'un Reptile Amphisbénide nouveau provenant du Katanga". Revue Zoologique Africaine, Brussels 2: 392–393. (Monopeltis gerardi, new species, pp. 392–393, illustration, three views of head). (in French).
  • Günther A (1876). "Notes on a small Collection brought by Lieut. L. Cameron, C.B., from Angola". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876: 678–679. (Phractogonus scalper, new species, pp. 678–679, illustration, three views of head).


Taxon identifiers
Monopeltis scalper


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