Scortecci’s blind snake

Scortecci’s blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Myriopholis
Species: M. braccianii
Binomial name
Myriopholis braccianii
(Scortecci, 1929)
Synonyms[1]
  • Glauconia braccianii
    Scortecci, 1929
  • Glauconia variabilis
    Scortecci, 1929
  • Glauconia fiechteri
    Scortecci, 1929
  • Leptotyphlops braccianii
    — Parker, 1949
  • Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus
    — Hahn, 1978
  • Leptotyphlops longicaudus
    — Hahn, 1979
  • Myriopholis braccianii
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Scortecci’s blind snake (Myriopholis braccianii ), also known commonly as Bracciani's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, braccianii, is in honor of Italian explorer Luigi Bracciani.[2]

Geographic range

M. braccianii is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan.[1]

Reproduction

M. braccianii is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Myriopholis braccianii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops braccianii, p. 36).

Further reading

  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis braccianii, new combination).
  • Parker HW (1949). "The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra Islands". Zoologische Verhandelingen 6 (1): 1-115. (Leptotyphlops braccianii, new combination, p. 21).
  • Scortecci G (1929). "Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano ". Atti della Società di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67 (3-4): 290-339. (Glauconia braccianii, new species, p. 294). (in Italian).


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