| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Middle Congo Worm Lizard |
| Synonym | Monopeltis schoutedeni DE WITTE 1933
Monopeltis schoutedeni — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942
Monopeltis schoutedeni — DE WITTE 1954: 997
Monopeltis schoutedeni — BROADLEY 1998
Monopeltis schoutedeni — GANS 2005: 37 |
| Distribution | W/C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Gabon
Type locality: ‘‘Kunungu’’, Congo.
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| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) (was RGMC) 8766. |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 724 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after Henri Eugene Alphonse Hubert Schouteden (1881-1972), a zoologist who undertook many expeditions to the Congo. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- 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.
- Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
- Pauwels, Olivier S. G.; Jean-Louis Albert and Georges L. Lenglet 2010. Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae, Monopeltis schoutedeni de Witte, 1933: First record from Gabon, with an updated key to Gabonese worm lizards. Check List 6 (3): 476-478 - 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
- Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
- Witte, G. F. de 1933. Description de deux amphisbaenides nouveaux du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Africaine. 23 (2): 168-171
- Witte, G. F. de 1933. Reptiles récoltés au Conge Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. Witte. Ann. Mus. Conge belge Zool. Ser. 1 Tome III: 53-100.
- 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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