en Myriopholis perreti

Myriopholis perreti
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. perreti
Binomial name
	Myriopholis perreti; (Roux-Estève, 1979)
Synonyms
	Leptotyphlops perreti ; Roux-Estève, 1979; Myriopholis perreti ; — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009;

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

Etymology

M. perreti is found in Cameroon, Gabon,^[1]^[2] and Equatorial Guinea. It may also occur in the Republic of Congo.^[2]

M. perreti inhabits lowland tropical moist forest and mixed savanna/forest mosaic.^[1]

M. perreti is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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).

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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