Myriopholis rouxestevae (TRAPE & MANÉ, 2004)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Roux-Estève’s worm snake
Synonym	Typhlops rouxestevae TRAPE & MANÉ 2004 Leptotyphlops rouxestevae — TRAPE & MANE 2006 Myriopholis rouxestevae — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Myriopholis rouxestevae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 466
Distribution	Senegal (Ndébou), Guinea (Conakry), Uganda Type locality: Senegal (Ndébou), 21°31’ N, 12° 27’ W
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 2000.2515; paratypes: MNHN-RA 2000.2516-2517
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (7699 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: Not in Mali fide Trape & Mané 2017. One specimen from Sébékourani was attributed erroneously to Myriopholis rouxestevae (Trape & Mané, 2004) in the distribution map of Trape & Mané (2006) There are apparently no live photos of this species.
Etymology	Named after Madame Rolande Roux-Estève (1921-2009), French herpetologist. For a short biography see Adler 2012: 335.
References	Behangana, M., Ayebare, S., Magala, R., Lukwago, W., Ssekisambu, R. S., Alezuyo, C., ... & Hughes, D. 2023. Establishing baseline data for herpetofauna in western Uganda, an East African biodiversity hotspot: Reptile and amphibian diversity in Uganda. Herpetology Notes, 16, 773-789 Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp. Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. 2004. Les serpents des environs de Bandafassi (Sénégal oriental). Bull. Soc. Herp. France 109: 5-34 - get paper here Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. 2006. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale. Savane et désert. [Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger]. IRD Editions, Paris, 226 pp. - get paper here TRAPE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS & CELLOU BALDÉ 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900 (3): 301–338 - 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/509219001302703/ Google images

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