Myriopholis wilsoni (HAHN, 1978)
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Myriopholini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Wilson's Blind Snake |
Synonym | Leptotyphlops wilsoni HAHN 1978 Leptotyphlops wilsoni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 46 Leptotyphlops cf. wilsoni — RÖSLER & WRANIK 2004 Myriopholis wilsoni — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Myriopholis wilsoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 466 |
Distribution | Socotra Island (Yemen). Type locality: Kirschon, Socotra Island. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1957.1.10.28 |
Diagnosis | Leptotyphlops wilsoni was described on the basis of two specimens by Hahn (1978) (see also Corkill and Chochrane 1966). L. wilsoni differs from L. filiformis and L. macrurus by a short, rounded, not hooked snout and a proportional smaller rostral; from L. filiformis it differs additionally in a lower number of dorsals. According to Hahn (1978) the occipitals in L. wilsoni are undivided, but divided in L. filiformis and L. macrurus, which was not confi rmed by Schätti and Desvoignes (1999) [from RÖSLER & WRANIK 2006]. |
Comment | Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. Known only from the holotype. |
Etymology | Named after Dr. Don Ellis Wilson (b. 1944), a zoologist who graduated from the University of Arizona (1955). |
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