Maurice's slender worm lizard, Maurice's spade-snouted worm lizard, Slender spade-snouted worm lizard
Monopeltis sphenorhynchus, also known commonly as Maurice's slender worm lizard, Maurice's spade-snouted worm lizard, and the slender spade-snouted worm lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
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 withSlender and medium-sized for the genus, adults of M. sphenorhynchus usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in). The maximum recorded SVL is 32.5 cm (12.8 in). The body is uniformly pink, both dorsally and ventrally.
M. sphenorhynchus is found in Botswana, Mozambique, and South Africa.
The preferred natural habitats of M. sphenorhynchus are deep sand and alluvial soil.
The mode of reproduction of M. sphenorhynchus is unknown.
