Witte's Worm Lizard articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Type locality: Lukulu prÃ¨s de Kiambi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Witte's worm lizard (Monopeltis remaclei) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

The specific name, remaclei, is in honor of David L. Remacle who collected the holotype.^[2]

The mode of reproduction of M. remaclei is unknown.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Monopeltis remaclei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ 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 remaclei, p. 219).

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Witte's worm lizard (Monopeltis remaclei) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.