Myriopholis burii (BOULENGER, 1905)
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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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 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) |
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Etymology | Named after the collector of the types, Mr. G.W. Bury. |
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