Monopeltis kabindae DE WITTE & LAURENT, 1942
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Kabinda Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Monopeltis kabindae DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942: 76 Monopeltis kabindae — DE WITTE 1954: 1007 Monopeltis kabindae — BROADLEY 1998 Monopeltis kabindae — GANS 2005: 36 |
Distribution | S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Central African Republic (Manovo)
Type locality: ‘‘Kabinda (Kasai)’’, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC = RGMC) 6773. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1002 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Conservation status: extremely rare (or difficult to find). Only 2 specimens of this species are known (as of early 2013). |
Etymology | named after Kabinda, the type locality. |
References |
- Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
- Broadley, D.G., Gans,C. & Visser, J. 1976. Studies on Amphisbaenians. (6). The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 157 (5): 311-486 - get paper here
- Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
- Santos, Lívia Cristina dos 2013. Discovery of the second specimen of the African amphisbaenian Monopeltis kabindae Witte & Laurent, 1942. African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 109-116, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.761283 - get paper here
- Witte, G. F. de 1954. Revision des Amphisbaenidae du Congo Belge. Volume Jubilaire Victor Von Straelen. Brussels, vol. 2, pp. 981-1010.
- Witte, G. F. de AND RAYMOND F. LAURENT 1942. Contribution à la systématique de Amphisbaenidae du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaine 36 (1): 67-86.
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