Bouet's worm snake
Species of snake
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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 | |
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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) | |
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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]