Nurse's blind snake
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| Nurse's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Myriopholis |
| Species: | M. nursii
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| Binomial name | |
| Myriopholis nursii (Anderson, 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Nurse's blind snake (Myriopholis nursii) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, nursii, is in honor of English entomologist Charles George Nurse.[4]
Geographic range[edit]
M. nursii is endemic to the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Species Myriopholis nursii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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 nursii, p. 192).
Further reading[edit]
- 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 nursii, new combination).
- Anderson J (1896). In: Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Glauconia nursii, new species, p. 591).
- Hahn DE (1978). "A Brief Review of the Genus Leptotyphlops (Reptilia, Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae) of Asia, with Description of a New Species". J. Herpetology 12 (4): 477-489. (Leptotyphlops blanfordi nursi [sic], new combination).
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Leptotyphlops nursii, p. 376).