Myriopholis
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species (25):
M. adleri –
M. albiventer –
M. algeriensis –
M. blanfordii –
M. boueti –
M. braccianii –
M. burii –
M. cairi –
M. erythraeus –
M. filiformis –
M. ionidesi –
M. lanzai –
M. longicauda –
M. mackayi –
M. macrorhyncha –
M. macrura –
M. narirostris –
M. nursii –
M. occipitalis –
M. parkeri –
M. perreti –
M. phillipsi –
M. rouxestevae –
M. tanae –
M. wilsoni –
M. yemenica
Name
editMyriopholis Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch in Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 28
- Type species: Stenostoma longicaudum Peters, 1854, by original designation.
Synonyms
edit- Ramphostoma Jan in Jan & Sordelli, 1860 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Ramphostoma Wagler, 1830 as corrected from Rhamphostoma by Wagler (1830: 141)]
- Type species: Stenostoma macrorhynchum Jan, 1860, by monotypy.
- Rhamphostoma Boulenger, 1893: 59 [nomen novum pro Ramphostoma Jan, 1861; nomen praeoccupatum pro Rhamphostoma Agassiz, 1847, an unjustified emendation of Ramphostoma Wagler, 1830]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Broadley, D.G., Wade, E.O.Z. & Wallach, V. 2014. A new species of Myriopholis from Ghat oasis, southwestern Libya (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae). Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(30): 351–359. Reference page.
- Trape, J.-F. & Chirio, L. 2019. Une nouvelle espèce de Leptotyphlopidae (Squamata : Ophidia) d’Afrique centrale (In French). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 169: 45–52. Reference page.
- Malonza, P.K. 2023. A new species of threadsnake in the genus Myriopholis (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Leptotyplophidae) from southeastern Kenya. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 95–102. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2227189 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Myriopholis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 October 2023.