Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus
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| Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Jan, 1860) |
Longnosed Worm Snake Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus is a species of worm snake found in Asia and parts of Africa.
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[edit] Description
Appearance similar to L. cairi. Leptotyphlops algeriensis Jaquet, 1895 has been considered a synonym of Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Hahn, 1980) or as a subspecies of L. macrorhynchus (Hahn & Wallach 1998). Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus bilmaensis Angel, 1936 has been synonymized with Leptotyphlops cairi by Hahn & Wallach 1998 (and has been listed as L. m. bilmaensis Barbour, 1914 by Schleich, Kaestle& Kabitsh 1996).
[edit] Distribution
Turkey (West of Tigris through Adiyaman Province), Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Sinai, Israel Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Eritrea, possibly Cameroon, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Niger, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Oman, NW India, Pakistan
Race bilmaensis is found in the Niger.
[edit] References
- Hahn D. E. & V. Wallach, 1998 Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62
- Jan 1860 Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (1. livr.): 1
- Trape, J.-F. 2002 Note sur le statut et la répartition de quelques Leptotyphlopidés (Serpentes: Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d'[Afrique de l'Ouest. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 102: 49-62
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