Myriopholis

Myriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1] Most of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Myriopholis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Myriopholis
Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Myriopholis adleri (Hahn & Wallach, 1998) – Adler's worm snake
  • Myriopholis albiventer (Hallermann & Rödel, 1995) – white-bellied worm snake
  • Myriopholis algeriensis (Jacquet, 1896)
  • Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890) – Sindh threadsnake
  • Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917) – Bouet's worm snake
  • Myriopholis braccianii (Scortecci, 1929) – Scortecci's blind snake
  • Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905) – Arabian blind snake, Bury's worm snake
  • Myriopholis cairi (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) – Cairo blind snake
  • Myriopholis erythraeus (Scortecci, 1929) – Eritrean worm snake
  • Myriopholis filiformis (Boulenger, 1899) – Socotra Island blind snake
  • Myriopholis ionidesi (Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Ionides's worm snake
  • Myriopholis lanzai Broadley, Wade & Wallach, 2014
  • Myriopholis longicauda (W. Peters, 1854) – long-tailed threadsnake
  • Myriopholis macrorhyncha (Jan, 1860) – hook-snouted worm snake, long-nosed worm snake
  • Myriopholis macrura (Boulenger, 1899) – Boulenger's blind snake
  • Myriopholis narirostris (W. Peters, 1867)
  • Myriopholis nursii (Anderson, 1896) – Nurse's blind snake
  • Myriopholis occipitalis Trape & Chirio, 2019
  • Myriopholis parkeri (Broadley, 1999) – Parker's worm snake
  • Myriopholis perreti (Roux-Estève, 1979)
  • Myriopholis rouxestevae (J.-F. Trape & Mané, 2004) – Roux-Estève's worm snake
  • Myriopholis tanae (Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Tana worm snake
  • Myriopholis wilsoni (Hahn, 1978) – Wilson's blind snake
  • Myriopholis yemenica (Scortecci, 1933) – Yemen blind snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Myriopholis.

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References
  1. Myriopholis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
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