Myriopholis blanfordi

Myriopholis blanfordi, the Sindh thread snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is found in South Asia and Iran, possibly further west in the Middle East.

Myriopholis blanfordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Myriopholis
Species:	M. blanfordi
Binomial name
Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms[1][2]
Glauconia blanfordii Boulenger, 1890 Glauconia blanfordii — Boulenger, 1893 Glauconia laticeps Nikolsky, 1907 Glauconia carltoni Barbour, 1908 Leptotyphlops blanfordi — M.A. Smith, 1943 Glauconia blanfordi — Sundersingh, 1960 Leptotypheops beanyordi Sundersingh, 1960 Leptotyphlops blanfordi blanfordi — Hahn, 1980 Myriopholis blanfordi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Myriopholis blanfordi — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

Myriopholis blanfordi is named after English naturalist William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.[3]

Subspecies

There are no subspecies of M. blanfordi that are currently recognized as being valid.[1]

Geographic range

Myriopholis blanfordi is found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, southern Iran, and possibly the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The type locality given is "Sind" [Punjab, India].[1][2]

Reproduction

Myriopholis blanfordi is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Myriopholis blanfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 March 2020.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Leptotyphlops blanfordi, p. 22).
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops blanfordi, p. 27).

Further reading

• Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Myriopholis blanfordi, new combination).
• Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Glauconia blanfordii, new species, p. 243, Figure 72).
• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia blanfordii, p. 66).
• Hahn DE, Wallach V (1998). "Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species". Hamadryad 23: 50-62.
• Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Leptotyphlops blanfordi, p. 61).