Myriopholis Explained

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

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