Long-tailed threadsnake

The long-tailed threadsnake (Myriopholis longicauda) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.

Long-tailed threadsnake
Myriopholis longicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species:
M. longicauda
Binomial name
Myriopholis longicauda
(Peters, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Stenosoma longicaudum Peters, 1854
  • Glauconia longicauda
    - Boulenger, 1890
  • Leptotyphlops longicauda
    - Loveridge, 1953
  • Leptotyphlops longicaudus
    - Auerbach, 1987
  • Myriopholis longicauda
    - Adalsteinsson et al., 2009[1]

Geographic range

It is found in eastern Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, southern Somalia, northeastern South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[4][5]

References
  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp., including 112 Plates. (Leptotyphlops longicaudus, p. 56 & Plate 40.
  5. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Volume 1854, pp. 614–628. (Stenosoma longicaudum, p. 621.)
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