Myriopholis perreti

Myriopholis perreti is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to western Central Africa.[1]

Myriopholis perreti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species:
M. perreti
Binomial name
Myriopholis perreti
Roux-Estève, 1979
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptotyphlops perreti
    Roux-Estève, 1979
  • Myriopholis perreti
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, perreti, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Jean-Luc Perret.[4]

Geographic range

M. perreti is found in Cameroon and Gabon. It may also occur in the Republic of Congo.[1]

Habitat

M. perreti inhabits forest areas.[5]

Reproduction

M. perreti is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Species Myriopholis perreti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Leptotyphlops perreti, p. 40).
  3. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops perreti, p. 203).
  5. Roux-Estève, 1979.

Further reading
  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis peretti, new combination).
  • Chippaux J-F, Jackson K (2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 448 pp. ISBN 978-1421427195.
  • Roux-Estève R (1979). "Une nouvelle espèce de Leptotyphlops (Serpentes) du Cameroun: Leptotyphlops perreti". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (2): 463–466. (Leptotyphlops perreti, new species). (in French with abstract in English).



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