Myriopholis parkeri

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida 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 parkeri

Name

Myriopholis parkeri (Broadley, 1999)

• Holotype: BMNH 1949.2.3.47, ♀, collected by R.H.R. Taylor between 1932–1933.
• Type locality: “Degeh Bar, Harerge Region, Ethiopia (8°13’N: 43°30’E) at 1067m”.

Combinations

• Leptotyphlops parkeri Broadley, 1999: 142 [original combination]
• Rhinoleptus parkeri — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 12 [subsequent combination]
• Myriopholis parkeri — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 466 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1999. A new species of worm snake from Ethiopia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(14): 141–144. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2013. Description of a second specimen of Leptotyphlops parkeri (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae), with comments on its generic placement. Zootaxa 3637(4): 493–497. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Myriopholis parkeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Parker’s Worm Snake