Bouet's worm snake

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

Bouet's worm snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Myriopholis
Species:	M. boueti
Binomial name
Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917)
Synonyms[2]
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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

M. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Western Sahara.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. boueti is savanna.^[1]

Description

The holotype of M. boueti has a total length of 16.6 cm (6.5 in), which includes a tail 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long. The diameter of the body is 0.3 cm (0.12 in).^[4]

Reproduction

M. boueti is oviparous.^[2]