''Monopeltis perplexus'' is a
species
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of
amphisbaenia
Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. A ...
n in the
family
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Amphisbaenidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Angola
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Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''M. perplexus'' is unknown.
Description
Small and slender for its
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
, ''M. perplexus'' may attain a
snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail is relatively long, greater than 10% SVL.
[ Gans (1976).]
Reproduction
The
mode of reproduction of ''M. perplexus'' is unknown.
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References
Further reading
* Branch WR, Baptista N, Vaz Pinto P (2018). "Angolan Amphisbaenians: Rediscovery of ''Monopeltis luandae'' Gans 1976, with comments on the type locality of ''Monopeltis perplexus'' Gans 1976 (Sauria: Amphisbaenidae)". ''Herpetology Notes'' 11: 603–606.
* Gans C (1976). "Three New Spade-Snouted Amphisbaenians from Angola (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia)". ''American Museum Novitates'' (2590): 1–11. (''Monopeltis perplexus'', new species, pp. 5–7, Table 2, Figure 3, three views).
*Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' (289): 1–130. (''Monopeltis perplexus'', p. 37).
Monopeltis
Reptiles of Angola
Endemic fauna of Angola
Reptiles described in 1976
Taxa named by Carl Gans
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