Bouet's worm snake

Bouet's worm snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Myriopholis
Species:	M. boueti
Binomial name
	Myriopholis boueti; (Chabanaud, 1917)
Synonyms
	Glauconia boueti ; Chabanaud, 1917; Glauconia debilis ; Chabanaud, 1918; Leptotyphlops narirostris boueti ; — Villiers, 1950; Leptotyphlops debilis ; — Hahn, 1980; Leptotyphlops boueti ; — J.-F. Trape & Mané, 2000; Myriopholis boueti ; — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009;

Bouet’s worm snake (Myriopholis boueti ) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a french ornithologist and physician.^[3]

M. boueti is oviparous.^[2]

^ Wagner P, Chirio L (2013). "Myriopholis boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13292136A13292145. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13292136A13292145.en. Downloaded on 30 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Myriopholis boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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. (Leptotyphlops boueti, p. 33).

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 boueti, new combination).
Chabanaud P (1917). "Note complémentaire sur les Ophidiens de l'Afrique occidentale, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 23: 7-14. (Glauconia boueti, new species, pp. 9-10, Figures 1-3). (in French).

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