Myriopholis
| Myriopholis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptotyphlopinae |
| Genus: | Myriopholis Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, 2009 |
Myriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1] All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Myriopholis adleri, Adler’s worm snake
- Myriopholis albiventer, White-bellied worm snake
- Myriopholis algeriensis
- Myriopholis blanfordi, Sindh threadsnake
- Myriopholis boueti, Bouet’s worm snake
- Myriopholis braccianii, Scortecci’s blind snake
- Myriopholis burii, Arabian blind snake, Bury’s worm snake
- Myriopholis cairi, Cairo blind snake
- Myriopholis erythraeus, Eritrean worm snake
- Myriopholis filiformis, Socotra Island blind snake
- Myriopholis ionidesi, Ionides’s worm snake
- Myriopholis lanzai
- Myriopholis longicauda, long-tailed threadsnake
- Myriopholis macrorhyncha, long-nosed worm snake, hook-snouted worm snake
- Myriopholis macrura, Boulenger's blind snake
- Myriopholis narirostris
- Myriopholis nursii, Nurse's blind snake
- Myriopholis parkeri, Parker’s worm snake
- Myriopholis perreti
- Myriopholis rouxestevae, Roux-Estève’s worm snake
- Myriopholis tanae, Tana worm snake
- Myriopholis wilsoni, Wilson's blind snake
- Myriopholis yemenica, Yemen blind snake
References
- ^ a b Myriopholis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.