Long-tailed threadsnake

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Long-tailed threadsnake
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Myriopholis longicauda
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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]

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

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Geographic range

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

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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.

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