Middle Congo Worm Lizard articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: W/C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Gabon
Type locality: Kunungu, Congo.

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

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

The mode of reproduction of M. schoutedeni is unknown.^[2]

^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Monopeltis schoutedeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

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