Mocquard's worm snake

Mocquard's worm snake (Madatyphlops decorsei) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Africa.

Etymology The specific name, decorsei, is in honor of French army doctor Gaston-Jules Decorse (1873-1907).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops decorsei, p. 67).

Geographic range M. decorsei is endemic to Madagascar. www.reptile-database.org.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of M. decorsei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .

Behavior M. decorsei is mainly fossorial, but sometimes is active above ground.

Reproduction M. decorsei is oviparous.

References

Further reading Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Madatyphlops decorsei, new combination). Mocquard F (1901). "Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens recueillis par M. Alluad dans le sud de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 7: 251–256. (Typhlops decorsei, new species, p. 255). (in French).