title: Bouet's worm snake
text: # Bouet's worm snake
  
  Bouet's worm snake (Myriopholis boueti) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to West Africa.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  M. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Western Sahara.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of M. boueti is savanna.
  
  ## Description
  
  The holotype of M. boueti has a total length of 16.6 cm (6.5 in), which includes a tail 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long. The diameter of the body is 0.3 cm (0.12 in).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  M. boueti is oviparous.
  
  