Myriopholis perreti
(Redirected from Leptotyphlops perreti)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Myriopholis |
| Species: | M. perreti
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| Binomial name | |
| Myriopholis perreti Roux-Estève, 1979
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Myriopholis perreti is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to western Central Africa.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, perreti, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Jean-Luc Perret.[4]
Geographic range[edit]
M. perreti is found in Cameroon and Gabon. It may also occur in the Republic of Congo.[1]
Habitat[edit]
M. perreti inhabits forest areas.[5]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Species Myriopholis perreti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Roux-Estève, 1979.
Further reading[edit]
- 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).