Monopeltis luandae Gans, 1976
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
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:
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.