Monopeltis decosteri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Amphisbaenidae
- Genus
- Monopeltis
- Species
- Monopeltis decosteri
- Scientific Name
- Monopeltis decosteri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
De Coster's worm lizard
De Coster's worm lizard (Monopeltis decosteri), also known commonly as De Coster's spade-snouted worm lizard and De Coster's worm-lizard, is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is indigenous to southern Africa.
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Sibling Taxa
- Monopeltis adercae
- Monopeltis anchietae
- Monopeltis capensis
- Monopeltis decosteri
- Monopeltis galeata
- Monopeltis guentheri
- Monopeltis infuscata
- Monopeltis jugularis
- Monopeltis kabindae
- Monopeltis leonhardi
- Monopeltis luandae
- Monopeltis perplexus
- Monopeltis remaclei
- Monopeltis rhodesiana
- Monopeltis scalper
- Monopeltis schoutedeni
- Monopeltis sphenorhynchus
- Monopeltis vanderysti
- Monopeltis zambezensis