Myriopholis burii (BOULENGER, 1905)
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Myriopholis burii
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Arabian Blind Snake, Bury’s worm snake |
| Synonym | Glauconia Burii BOULENGER 1905: 178 Leptotyphlops burii — CORKILL & COCHRANE 1965 Leptotyphlops blanfordi nursi — HAHN 1978: 485 (part.) Leptotyphlops nursii — GASPERETTI 1988: 201 (part.) Leptotyphlops burii — GASPERETTI 1988: 203 Leptotyphlops blanfordi nursi — SCHÄTTI & GASPERETTI 1994 Leptotyphlops burii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 24 Leptotyphlops burii — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 22 Myriopholis burii — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Myriopholis burii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463 |
| Distribution | SW Saudi Arabia, SW Yemen, 1350–1460 m elevation. Type locality: El Kubar (= Al Kubar), Upper Hushabi, near Yemen frontier, Saudi Arabia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.56. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Closely related to Leptotyphlops nursii, but distinguished by its larger rostral (0.62–0.68 head width, mean = 0.66) and frontal (twice the size of supraoculars) shields, occipitals never enlarged, and higher middorsal count (403–408 vs 281–378). (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Description: See Gasperetti (1988). Twelve scale rows on the tail; middorsals 403–408; subcaudals 28–33; total length/diameter ratio 61–69; total length/tail length ratio 13.8–14.4. Middorsal seven scale rows pigmented light brown or tan, ventral seven rows paler, unpigmented. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Description: “This rare, southern Arabian species is known from but two specimens. Leptotyphlops buri is characterized by having a rounded snout with no preoral concavities; rostral unguiform, over one-half the width of the head; rostral extending posteriorly to the level of the eyes; prefrontal present which is larger than the frontal; prefrontal separates rostral from supraoculars; supraoculars smaller than prefrontal, about equal in size with frontal; supraoculars not in contact with supralabials; nasal completely divided; a single anterior supralabial between the infranasal and ocular; anterior supralabial smaller than infranasal; ocular in contact with the lip; one larger supralabial posterior to the ocular, which reaches the height of the eye; occipitals divided; tail more or less round in cross-section; 12 scale rows around the middle of the tail, 14 around midbody; tail stout its entire length, tapering abruptly near its terminus; mental absent; total dorsals number 403 and 408, subcaudals 28 and 33; total length/tail length = 14.2 and 14.4; total length/midbody horizontal diameter = 57.4 and 58.6. The holotype is the largest of the two specimens having a total length of 205 mm, and is probably a female with eggs. The dorsum is brown, with pigment slightly heavier on the anterior portion of each scale. The ventral surface is lighter brown.” (Hahn 1978) |
| Comment | Known from only 2 specimens fide Hahn 1978. |
| Etymology | Named after the collector of the types, Mr. G.W. Bury. |
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