Monopeltis luandae Gans, 1976
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Branch et al., 2018)
IUCN Red list status: Least Concern
Distribution
Luanda region, Angola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gans, C. (1976). Three new spade-snouted amphisbaenians from Angola (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). American Museum Novitates 2590: 1-11.
Other references:
Baptista, N., Conradie, W. and Ceríaco, L. M. P. (2020). Monopeltis luandae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T120684142A120906418. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120684142A120906418.en. Accessed on 30 October 2024.
Branch, William R., Baptista, Ninda and Pinto, Pedro Vaz. (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.
Conradie, Werner and Pinto, Pedro Vaz. (2021). A snake with an appetite for the rare: Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) feeding on the amphisbaenid Monopeltis luandae Gans, 1976. Herpetology Notes 14: 205-207.
Gans, C. (2005). CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130.
Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions.