The carved worm lizard (Monopeltis scalper) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae.

The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

M. scalper is brownish dorsally, and it is whitish ventrally.

[2] The mode of reproduction of M. scalper is unknown.

[1] Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Monopeltis.