Bouet's worm snake (Myriopholis boueti) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to West Africa.
The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withThe 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).
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.
The preferred natural habitat of M. boueti is savanna.
M. boueti is oviparous.
