Myriopholis blanfordii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species: Myriopholis blanfordii

Name

Myriopholis blanfordii (Boulenger, 1890)

  • Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.85 (formerly BMNH 1869.8.28.58), collected by A. Leith-Adams between 1861–1868. [designated by Hahn (1978: 485).
  • Type locality: “Sind”.

Combinations

  • Glauconia blanfordii Boulenger, 1890: 243 [original combination]
  • Leptotyphlops blanfordiSmith, 1943: 61 [subsequent combination]
  • Myriopholis blanfordiiAdalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 12 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Open access Reference page. 
  • Hahn, D.E. 1978. A Brief Review of the Genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with Description of a New Species. Journal of Herpetology 12(4): 477–489. DOI: 10.2307/1563352 Hybrid open access journal Reference page. 
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Paywall Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sindh Thread Snake
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