Myriopholis burii
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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. burii
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| Binomial name | |
| Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905)
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Myriopholis burii, commonly known as the Arabian blind snake or Bury's worm snake,[3] is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[4][5] The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, burii, is in honor of British naturalist George Wyman Bury (1874-1920).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]M. burii is found in southwestern Saudi Arabia and southwestern Yemen at elevations of 1,350 to 1,460 m (4,430 to 4,790 ft).[2]
Behavior
[edit]Diet
[edit]The diet of M. burii consists of ant larvae.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sindaco R (2012). "Myriopholis burii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199569A2603530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199569A2603530.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Myriopholis burii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b 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 burii, p. 44).
- ^ 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.
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 burii, new combination, p. 28).
- Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of Three new Snakes discovered in South Arabia by Mr. G. W. Bury". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 16: 178-180. ("Glauconia Burii [sic]", new species, p. 178).
- Corkill NL, Cochrane JA (1966). "The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 62 (3): 475-506. (Leptotyphlops burii, new combination).
- Egan, Damien (2008). Snakes of Arabia: A Field Guide to the Snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its Shores. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 208 pp., 157 color photographs, 114 drawings, 55 maps. ISBN 978-1860632396.