Mocquard's worm snake (Madatyphlops decorsei) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Africa.
The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).
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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...
A fossorial animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, ...
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starts withM. decorsei is endemic to Madagascar.
The preferred natural habitat of M. decorsei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,300 m (4,300 ft).
M. decorsei is mainly fossorial, but sometimes is active above ground.
M. decorsei is oviparous.
