Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus

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Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species: L. macrorhynchus
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus
(Jan, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma (Ramphostoma) macrorhynchum - Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860
  • Stenostoma (Ramphostoma) macrorhynchum - Jan, 1861
  • Glauconia macrorhynchus - Boulenger, 1890
  • Glauconia macrorhynchus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Glauconia algeriensis - Jacquet, 1895
  • Leptotyphlops phillipsi - Barbour, 1914
  • Glauconia erythraea - Scortecci, 1928
  • Glauconia braccianii - Scortecci, 1928
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus - Corkill, 1932
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus [macrorhynchus] - Angel, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops macrorynchus bilmaensis - Angel, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops braccianii - Parker, 1949
  • Leptotyphlops erythraea - Parker, 1949
  • Leptotyphlops erythraeus - Hahn, 1980
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus macrorhynchus - Hahn, 1980
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus bilmaensis - Hahn, 1980[1]
Common names: longnosed worm snake.

Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus is a harmless blind snake species found in northern Africa and southwestern Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Description

Appearance similar to L. cairi.

[edit] Geographic range

Found in isolated populations across northern Africa and in southwestern Asia. In Africa it occurs in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Libya, Chad, Mali, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. In Asia it has been reported in Aden (Yemen), Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The type locality given is "Sennaar" (Sudan).[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

A subspecies, L. m. bilmaensis Angel, 1936, found in Niger was recognized by Hahn (1980).

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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).
  2. ^ Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (TSN 634474). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 30 August 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Hahn DE, Wallach V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62
  • Jan G. 1860. Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (1. livr.): 1
  • Trape JF. 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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