| Myriopholis perreti | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Myriopholis perreti (Roux-Estève, 1979) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Myriopholis perreti is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to western Central Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, perreti, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Jean-Luc Perret [fr].
Geographic range
M. perreti is found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. It may also occur in the Republic of Congo.
Habitat
M. perreti inhabits lowland tropical moist forest and mixed savanna/forest mosaic.
Reproduction
M. perreti is oviparous.
References
- ^ Chirio, L.; LeBreton, M. (2021). "Myriopholis perreti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124310687A124310704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T124310687A124310704.en. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Myriopholis perreti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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).
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).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Myriopholis perreti | |
| Leptotyphlops perreti | |
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