Myriopholis ionidesi (BROADLEY & WALLACH, 2007)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ionides’ worm snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops ionidesi BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 27 Leptotyphlops longicaudus — LOVERIDGE 1942: 260 (part.) Leptotyphlops longicaudus — SPAWLS et al. 2001: 304 (part.) Myriopholis ionidesi — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Myriopholis ionidesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463 Myriopholis ionidesi — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 374
Distribution	SE Tanzania, N Malawi, N Mozambique, elevation 0-130 m. Type locality: Liwale, Southern Province, Tanzania (09°47’S, 38°00’E, elevation 600 m)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 57440, collected by C. J. P. Ionides (field no. 8333), 27 April 1958.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the Leptotyphlops longicaudus species group, resembling L. longicaudus but distinguished by a narrower rostral, small anterior supralabial, fewer subcaudals, absence of a beak and smaller size. It agrees in size with L. braccianii, but differs in its much narrower rostral and higher subcaudal counts. Skull with a large frontoparietal foramen like L. cairi. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2052 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: Miombo woodland.
Etymology	Named to commemorate C.J.P. Ionides, who collected the holotype and series of many other fossorial reptiles in Tanzania.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 Loveridge, A. 1942. Scientific results of a fourth expedition to forested areas in east and central Africa. IV. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 237-373 - get paper here Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373 Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 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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