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Myriopholis algeriensis (JACQUET, 1896)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
 
Common Names 
SynonymGlauconia algeriensis JACQUET 1896
Glauconia natatrix ANDERSSON 1937: 7
Leptotyphlops natatrix — HAHN & WALLACH 1998
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus algeriensis — HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 53
Leptotyphlops natatrix — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 38
Leptotyphlops algeriensis — TRAPE 2002
Myriopholis natatrix — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Myriopholis algeriensis — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Myriopholis algeriensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463
Myriopholis algeriensis — TRAPE & MANÉ 2017
Myriopholis algeriensis — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019
Myriopholis natatrix — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019
Myriopholis algeriensis — TRAPE 2023: 808
Myriopholis natatrix — TRAPE 2023: 810 
DistributionS Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, N Mali, NE Niger, Gambia

Type locality: Hammam Salahin, 6 km au nord de Biskra, Algeria.

natatrix: Gambia; Type locality: Tobo swamp, Gambia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated (McDiarmid et al. 1999: 36), may be in INCDS (fide Wallach et al. 2014: 463), originally in IACB = INCDS (fide M. Sabaj, pers. comm., 21 Nov 2018).
Holotype: NRM = Naturhistoriska Rijksmuseum, Stockholm [natatrix] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This race is distinguished from the nominal race by having a much higher middorsal count (528-558 |mean 545.71 compared to 307-329 [mean 316.31 for other African specimens); slightly higher number of subcaudals (45-47 [mean 46.3] vs. 26-42 [mean 35.0] for others); a proportionately shorter tail (L/TL ratio 14.1-17.5 [mean 15.61 vs. 7.9-13.7 [mean 10.81 for other African specimens); and a more elongate body form (L/W ratio 99-138 [mean 114] vs. 49-66 [mean 57] for others). Largest specimen examined measured 287 mm. Asian populations overlap in some characteristics (see Table 1), but none have as great a number of middorsals. (HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 56) 
CommentSynonymy: Has been synonymized previously with Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (e.g. BOULENGER 1920). Listed in SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996 as synonym of Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus.

Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. 
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
  • Anderson, L.G. 1937. Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the Gambia by Gustav Svensson and Birger Rudebeck. Arkiv för Zoologi 29 (16): 1-28
  • BOUAZZA, ABDELLAH; EL HASSAN EL MOUDEN & ABDESLAM RIHANE 2021. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Morocco: A taxonomic update and standard Arabic names. Herpetology Notes 14: 1-14. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1919. A List of the snakes of West Africa from Mauritania to the French Congo. Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1919: 267-298 - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Geniez, M. & Pether, J. 2004. The amphibians and reptiles of the Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara) and adjacent regions. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 228 pp. [reviewed in Reptilia GB 44: 81]
  • Geniez, Philippe 2018. Snakes of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton University Press, 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Hahn D. E. & V. WALLACH, 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62 - get paper here
  • Jacquet, Maurice 1896. Sur la présence d’un Typhlops en Algérie. Bibliographie Anatomique, Paris & Nancy 4 (2): 79-81 - get paper here
  • Kane, Daniel; Steve Goodwin, Gerrit Jan Verspui, Anniek Tump, Gabriel Martínez del Mármol Marín 2019. Reptile diversity of southern Morocco: range extensions and the role of the Djebel Ouarkziz as a biogeographical barrier. Herpetology Notes 12: 787-793 - get paper here
  • Martínez del Mármol, Gabriel; D. James Harris, Philippe Geniez, Philip de Pous, and Daniele Salvi 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 478 pp - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Padial, J. M. 2006. COMMENTED DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE REPTILES OF MAURITANIA (WEST AFRICA). Graellsia, 62(2): 159-178 - get paper here
  • Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R.; Alberto Venchi & Cristina Grieco 2013. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 543 pp. - get paper here
  • Trape J-F and Mané Y. 2015. The snakes of Niger. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(2) [Special Section]: 39–55 (e110) - get paper here
  • Trape, J.-F. 2002. Note sur le statut et la répartition de quelques Leptotyphlopidés (Serpentes: Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d’[Afrique de l’Ouest. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 102: 49-62 - get paper here
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • Trape, Jean-François & Youssouph Mané 2017. The snakes of Mali. Bonn zoological Bulletin 66 (2): 107–133 - get paper here
  • Venchi, Alberto and Roberto Sindaco 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova, XCVIII: 259-364
  • 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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