Myriopholis erythraeus (SCORTECCI, 1929)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Eritrean Worm Snake G: Erythrea-Schlankblindschlange
Synonym	Glauconia erythraea SCORTECCI 1929: 293 Leptotyphlops erythraeus — PARKER 1932: 362 Leptotyphlops erythraeus — TRAPE 2002: 49 Leptotyphlops erythraeus — WALLACH & LANZA 2004: 87 Leptotyphlops sp. — HOOFIEN & YARON 1964: 38 Leptotyphlops cf. macrorhynchus — LANZA 1972: 174 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — HAHN 1978: 482 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LANZA 1983: 220 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — MEIRTE 1992: 15 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 324 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — SCHLEICH et al., 1996: 476 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — LARGEN 1997: 87 Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus — MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 36 Leptotyphlops cairi — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 324 (part) Leptotyphlops cairi — LARGEN 1997: 87 (part) Leptotyphlops nigricans — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 325 (part) Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus macrorhynchus — HAHN & WALLACH 1998: 54 Leptotyphlops erythraeus — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 21 Myriopholis erythraeus — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Leptotyphlops erythraeus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 428 Myriopholis erythraeus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 463
Distribution	Erythrea, Ethiopia (The Red Sea coast of Eritrea and the Dahlak Archipelago, extending inland to the Awash National Park in eastern Ethiopia in the southwestern corner of the Afar depression) Type locality: Massaua [=Massawa], Eritrea (15°37’N, 39°28’E, near sea level)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MSNM 3349 (Milano, formerly MSNM 1916), collected by F. Fatigati.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Close to Leptotyphlops nursii, but differs in having a more pronounced beak (extending below lip level), fewer subcaudals (perhaps without sexual dimorphism) and perhaps smaller maximum size (17 mm vs. 242 mm). Skull with a large frontoparietal foramen like L. cairi. (Broadley & Wallach 2007) Additional details (2057 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
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 Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here Scortecci, G. 1929. Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico de Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67 (3-4): 290-339 [1928] - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 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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