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Myriopholis erythraeus (SCORTECCI, 1929)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eritrean Worm Snake
G: Erythrea-Schlankblindschlange 
SynonymGlauconia erythraea SCORTECCI 1929: 293
Leptotyphlops erythraeus — PARKER 1932: 362
Leptotyphlops erythraeus — TRAPE 2002: 49
Leptotyphlops erythraeus — WALLACH & LANZA 2004: 87
Leptotyphlops sp. — HOOFIEN & YARON 1964: 38
Leptotyphlops cf. macrorhynchus — LANZA 1972: 174
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — HAHN 1978: 482
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LANZA 1983: 220
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — MEIRTE 1992: 15
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 324
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — SCHLEICH et al., 1996: 476
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LARGEN 1997: 87
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 36
Leptotyphlops cairi — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 324 (part)
Leptotyphlops cairi — LARGEN 1997: 87 (part)
Leptotyphlops nigricans — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 325 (part)
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus macrorhynchus — HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 54
Leptotyphlops erythraeus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 21
Myriopholis erythraeus — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Leptotyphlops erythraeus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 428
Myriopholis erythraeus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463 
DistributionErythrea, Ethiopia (The Red Sea coast of Eritrea and the Dahlak Archipelago, extending inland to the Awash
National Park in eastern Ethiopia in the southwestern corner of the Afar depression)

Type locality: Massaua [=Massawa], Eritrea (15°37’N, 39°28’E, near sea level)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNM 3349 (Milano, formerly MSNM 1916), collected by F. Fatigati. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Close to Leptotyphlops nursii, but differs in having a more pronounced beak (extending below lip level), fewer subcaudals (perhaps without sexual dimorphism) and perhaps smaller maximum size (17 mm vs. 242 mm). Skull with a large frontoparietal foramen like L. cairi. (Broadley & Wallach 2007)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
  • Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78 - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1929. Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico de Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67 (3-4): 290-339 [1928] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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