Myriopholis
Sign in to saveMyriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyLeptotyphlopidae
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Myriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
==Species== The genus contains the following species: Myriopholis adleri – Adler's worm snake Myriopholis albiventer – white-bellied worm snake Myriopholis algeriensis Myriopholis blanfordi – Sindh threadsnake, Blanford's worm snake Myriopholis boueti – Bouet's worm snake Myriopholis braccianii – Scortecci's blind snake, Bracciani's worm 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 – hook-snouted worm snake, long-nosed worm snake Myriopholis macrura – Boulenger's blind snake Myriopholis narirostris Myriopholis nursii – Nurse's blind snake Myriopholis occipitalis 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myriopholis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.