Myriopholis mackayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species: Myriopholis mackayi

Name

Myriopholis mackayi Malonza, 2023

• Holotype: NMK-S3416, collected by Alex Duff-MacKay on 7 December 1986.
• Type locality: “Kyulu Railway Station (the old one-meter gauge railway), Tsavo East National Park, Makueni County, Kenya (2.92838°S, 38.40811°E, elevation 565 m)”.

References

Primary references

• 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.