Myriopholis yemenica (SCORTECCI, 1933)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yemen Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops yemenicus SCORTECCI 1933: 165 Leptotyphlops yemenicus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 22 Myriopholis yemenicus — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Myriopholis yemenica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 466 Myriopholis yemenicus — LINDKEN et al. 2024
Distribution	Yemen Type locality: Yemen
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MSNM 3354 (Milano), collected 1933, donated by G. Franchini; Wallach & Lanza 2004: 86.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (yemenicus): With 12 midtail rows, Leptotyphlops yemenicus appears allied to L. burii and L. nursii, but it differs in its low middorsal count and high subcaudal count, short tail with large thorn-like apical spine, narrow depressed head, short and narrow rostral, supranasal and ocular shapes, and semilunate cloacal shield. In addition, it differs from L. nursii in its smaller frontal size and lack of a slight beak. Skull with a large frontoparietal foramen like L. cairi (from BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007). Additional details (1683 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: Apparently still only known form an (unknown) type locality (Broadley & Wallach 2007, Sindaco 2013).
Etymology	Named 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 Scortecci,Giuseppe 1933. Leptotyphlops yemenicus sp. n. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Milano, 72: 165-166 - 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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