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Myriopholis narirostris (PETERS, 1867)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenostoma narirostre PETERS 1867
Glauconia narirostris — BOULENGER 1890
Glauconia narirostris — BOULENGER 1893: 65
Glauconia narirostre — BOULENGER 1906
Leptotyphlops narirostris narirostris — VILLIERS 1950
Leptotyphlops narirostris narirostris — HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 53
Leptotyphlops narirostris — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 38
Myriopholis narirostris — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Myriopholis narirostris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 465 
DistributionNigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, S Niger ?, Senegal

Type locality: Lagos, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Gambia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 5915 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The nominate subspecies is characterized by having a snout rounded in lateral view with no preoral concavity on the inferior rostral; rostral extends posteriorly to the level of the eyes; total middorsals number 208-295 (mean 248.3); body stout with L/W ratio 27-64 (mean 39); L/TL ratio 5.3-11.4 (mean 8.8); maximum length = 230 mm. (HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 53) 
CommentDistribution: Not in Benin fide ULLENBRUCH et al. 2010, but possibly Benin (Hughes 2013). Not in Niger fide Trape & Mané 2015. Not in Mali fide Trape & Mané 2017.

Subspecies: Myriopholis narirostris boueti (CHABANAUD 1917) is now considered as a valid species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin naris = nostril, and Latin rostratus = beaked, for nostril-beaked or nostril-snouted. 
References
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  • Barnett, Linda K. 2001. The herpetofauna of Abuko Nature Reserve, the Gambia. Herpetological Bulletin (77): 5-1 - get paper here
  • Barnett, Linda K. & Emms, Craig 2005. Common reptiles of The Gambia. Rare Repro, Hailsham, East Sussex, 24 pp.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1890. Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia Gray, obtained by Dr. Emin Pasha on the Victoria Nyanza. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6: 91-93. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Description of a new snake of the genus Glauconia from Somaliland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 18: 441. - get paper here
  • Chabanaud,P. 1917. Note complémentaire sur les Ophidiens de l'Afrique occidentale, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle. Bull. Mus. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, 23: 7-14 [9] - get paper here
  • Chabanaud,P. 1918. Étude complémentaire de deux Agama de l'Afrique occidentale et description de quatre espèces nouvelles de reptiles de la même région. Bull. Mus. nation. Hist. nat. Paris 24: 104-112 - 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
  • Chirio, L. 2012. Geographic distribution: Myriopholis narirostris (serpent-ver de Peters). Herpetological Review 43: 449 - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - 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
  • Hahn, D.E. 1980. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Anomalepididae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae. Das Tierreich, De Gruyter (Berlin) 101: 45
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  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1867. Über Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus, Hoplobatrachus reinhardtii, Hyla coriacea). Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (November): 703-712 - get paper here
  • Segniagbeto GLazcano. H., Trape J. F., David P., Ohler A., Dubois A. & Glitho I. A. 2011. The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems. Zoosystema 33 (3): 325-360. DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4 - get paper here
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