Myriopholis

Myriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] Most of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

( & Wallach, 1998) – Adler's worm snake
Myriopholis albiventer ( & Rödel, 1995) – white-bellied worm snake
Myriopholis algeriensis (, 1896)
Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890) – Sindh threadsnake, Blanford's worm snake
Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917) – Bouet's worm snake
Myriopholis braccianii (Scortecci, 1929) – Scortecci's blind snake, Bracciani's worm snake
Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905) – Arabian blind snake, Bury's worm snake
Myriopholis cairi (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) – Cairo blind snake
(Scortecci, 1929) – Eritrean worm snake
Myriopholis filiformis (Boulenger, 1899) – Socotra Island blind snake
(Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Ionides's worm snake
Broadley, & Wallach, 2014
Myriopholis longicauda (W. Peters, 1854) – long-tailed threadsnake
Myriopholis macrorhyncha (Jan, 1860) – hook-snouted worm snake, long-nosed worm snake
Myriopholis macrura (Boulenger, 1899) – Boulenger's blind snake
Myriopholis narirostris (W. Peters, 1867)
Myriopholis nursii (Anderson, 1896) – Nurse's blind snake
Trape & Chirio, 2019
(Broadley, 1999) – Parker's worm snake
Myriopholis perreti (, 1979)
( & , 2004) – Roux-Estève's worm snake
(Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Tana worm snake
Myriopholis wilsoni (Hahn, 1978) – Wilson's blind snake
(Scortecci, 1933) – Yemen blind snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Myriopholis.