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Taxonomy of the genus Myriopholis Biodiversity of the family Leptotyphlopidae

Bibliography of the genus
Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Myriopholis in general

Trape, J.F. 2002. Note sur le statut et la repartition de quelques leptotyphlopides (Serpentes; Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 102: 49-62.

Myriopholis adleri

Boundy, J. 2014. Comments on some taxa of African leptotyphlopid snakes. Occasional Papers Museum of Natural Science Louisiana State University 84: 1-7.

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Trape, J.F. 2002. Note sur le statut et la repartition de quelques leptotyphlopides (Serpentes; Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 102: 49-62.

Trape, J.F. 2005. Note sur quelques serpents meconnus du Burkina Faso de la collection de Benigno Roman. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 116: 39-49.

Trape, J.F.; Man , Y. 2004. Les serpents des environs de Bandafassi (Senegal oriental). Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 109: 5-34.

Myriopholis albiventer

Hallermann, J.; R del, M.O. 1995. A new species of Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) of the longicaudus-group from West Africa. Stuttgarter Beitr ge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie) 532: 1-8.

Myriopholis algeriensis

Barnestein, J.A.M.; Garc a-Cardenete, L.; Jim nez-Cazalla, F.; Valdeon, A.; Escoriza, E.; Mart nez, G.; Benavides, J.; Esteban, J.L.; Fuentes, J.; Ramirez, A.; Alvarez, J.; Jaen-Velazquez, I. 2012. [New localities of Myriopholis algeriensis and Lamprophis fuliginosus and other herpetological records in Morocco]. (In Spanish). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 23(2): 63-68.

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Jaquet, M. 1896. Sur la presence d'un Typhlops en Algerie. Bibliog. Anat. 4: 79-81.

Trape, J.F. 2002. Note sur le statut et la repartition de quelques leptotyphlopides (Serpentes; Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 102: 49-62.

Myriopholis blanfordii

Barbour, T. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 51: 313-325.

Clark, R.J. 1990. A report on herpetological observations in Afghanistan. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 33: 20-42.

Myriopholis boueti

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Ineich, I.; Prudent, P. 2014. Geographic distribution: Myriopholis boueti (Bouet's Worm Snake). Herpetological Review 45(3): 466.

Trape, J.F. 2005. Note sur quelques serpents meconnus du Burkina Faso de la collection de Benigno Roman. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 116: 39-49.

Myriopholis braccianii

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91.

Myriopholis cairi

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Villiers, A. 1950. Contribution a l' tude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Reptiles. Ophidiens et cheloniens. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 337-344.

Myriopholis erythraea

Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91.

Myriopholis filiformis

Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Descriptions of new species of reptiles collected by Dr. H.O. Forbes and Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant in the Islands of Abd-el-Kuri and Socotra. Bull. Liverp. Mus. 2: 4-7.

Myriopholis ionidesi

Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1-78.

Myriopholis lanzai

Broadley, D.G.; Wade, E.; Wallach, V. 2014. A new species of Myriopholis from Ghat oasis, southwestern Libya (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae). Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10: 351-359.

Myriopholis longicauda

Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Descriptions of new species of reptiles collected by Dr. H.O. Forbes and Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant in the Islands of Abd-el-Kuri and Socotra. Bull. Liverp. Mus. 2: 4-7.

Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 1997. A review of the worm snakes of Mozambique (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) with the description of a new species. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(11): 111-119.

FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with Distribution Records of Allied Species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20-48.

Pietersen, D.W.; Pietersen, E.W. 2001. Leptotyphlops longicaudus. Long-tailed Thread Snake. African Herp News 33: 16.

Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91.

Myriopholis macrorhyncha

Al-Sadoon, M.K.; Abdo, N.M. 1998. Comparative metabolic rate-temperature curves of five species of snakes of the families Viperidae, Colubridae, and Leptotyphlopidae. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(2): 39-53.

Baran, I. 1978. Some rare species of snakes from Turkey. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81 [1977]: 261-265.

Baran, I.; Kumlutas, Y.; Ilgaz, C.; T rkozan, O.; Avci, A. 2004. New locality records extended the distribution of some ophidians in southeastern Anatolia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(1): 6-9.

Disi, A.M.; B hme, W. 1996. Zoogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with additional new records. Herpetozoa 9(1-2): 63-70.

G cmen, B.; Franzen, M.; Yildiz, M.Z.; Akman, B.; Yalcinkaya, D. 2009. New locality records of eremial snake species in southeastern Turkey (Ophidia: Colubridae, Elapidae, Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae). Salamandra 45(2): 110-114.

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Mulder, J. 1995. Herpetological observations in Turkey (1987-1995). Deinsea 2: 51-66.

Mulder, J. 2002. The thread snake, Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Reptilia: Leptotyphlopidae) as a presumed prey item for the racer Coluber rhodorachis (Reptilia: Colubridae). Zoology in the Middle East 26: 89-92.

Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinc, M.; Oz, M.; Kaya, R.S. 2006. New localities for Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (JAN, 1862) (Reptilia: Leptotyphlopidae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 30(4): 373-376.

Villiers, A. 1950. Contribution a l' tude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Reptiles. Ophidiens et cheloniens. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 337-344.

Villiers, A. 1952. Propos de Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus Jan. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire 14: 243-246.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Yildiz, M.Z.; G cmen, B.; Akman, B. 2009. Taxonomical comments on Sudan beaked Worm Snake, Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (Jan & Sordelli, 1860) (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Anatolia, Turkey. Biharean Biologist 3(2): 151-156.

Myriopholis macrura

Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Descriptions of new species of reptiles collected by Dr. H.O. Forbes and Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant in the Islands of Abd-el-Kuri and Socotra. Bull. Liverp. Mus. 2: 4-7.

Myriopholis narirostris

Chirio, L. 2012. Geographic distribution: Myriopholis narirostris (Serpent-Ver de Peters). Guinea. Herpetological Review 43(3): 449.

Perret, J.L. 1961. tudes herp tologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuch tel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. ber Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narisostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis,..... Monatsberichte der K niglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867(November): 703-712.

Myriopholis natatrix

Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27(2): 222-240.

Myriopholis parkeri

Boundy, J. 2013. Description of a second specimen of Leptotyphlops parkeri (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae), with comments on its generic placement. Zootaxa 3637(4): 493-497.

Myriopholis perreti

Pauwels, O.S.G.; David, P. 2008. Miscellanea herpetologica Gabonica II. Hamadryad 32(1): 19-24.

Roux-Est ve, R. 1979. Une nouvelle esp ce de Leptotyphlops (Serpentes) du Cameroun: Leptotyphlops perreti. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86(2): 463-466.

Myriopholis phillipsi

Anonymous. 1986. Off season earth snake. Israel - Land and Nature 11(3): 146.

Myriopholis rouxestevae

Trape, J.F.; Bald , C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Trape, J.F.; Man , Y. 2004. Les serpents des environs de Bandafassi (Senegal oriental). Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 109: 5-34.

Myriopholis tanae

Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1-78.

Myriopholis wilsoni

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.

Myriopholis yemenica

Scortecci, G. 1933. Leptotyphlops yemenicus, sp.n. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 72(2): 165-6.

Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91.