Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus

Taxobox
name = "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Leptotyphlopidae
genus = "Leptotyphlops"
species = "L. macrorhynchus"
binomial = "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus"
binomial_authority = (Jan, 1860)
synonyms = * "Stenostoma" ("Ramphostoma") "macrorhynchum" - Jan "In" Jan & Sordelli, 1860
* "Stenostoma" ("Ramphostoma") "macrorhynchum" - Jan, 1861
* "Glauconia macrorhynchus" - Boulenger, 1890
* "Glauconia macrorhynchus" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Glauconia algeriensis" - Jacquet, 1895
* "Leptotyphlops phillipsi" - Barbour, 1914
* "Glauconia erythraea" - Scortecci, 1928
* "Glauconia braccianii" - Scortecci, 1928
* "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus" - Corkill, 1932
* "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus" ["macrorhynchus"] - Angel, 1936
* "Leptotyphlops macrorynchus bilmaensis" - Angel, 1936
* "Leptotyphlops braccianii" - Parker, 1949
* "Leptotyphlops erythraea" - Parker, 1949
* "Leptotyphlops erythraeus" - Hahn, 1980
* "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus macrorhynchus" - Hahn, 1980
* "Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus bilmaensis" - Hahn, 1980McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: longnosed worm snake.""Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus" is a harmless blind snake species found in northern Africa and southwestern Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634474|taxon="Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus"|year=2007|date=30 August]

Description

Appearance similar to "L. cairi".

Geographic range

Found in isolated populations across northern Africa and in southwestern Asia. In Africa it occurs in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Libya, Chad, Mali, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. In Asia it has been reported in Aden (Yemen), Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The type locality given is "Sennaar" (Sudan).

Taxonomy

A subspecies, "L. m. bilmaensis" Angel, 1936, found in Niger was recognized by Hahn (1980).

ee also

* List of leptotyphlopid species and subspecies.
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References

Further reading

* Hahn DE, Wallach V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World "Leptotyphlops" (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62
* Jan G. 1860. Iconogr. gén. Ophid., 1 (1. livr.): 1
* Trape JF. 2002. Note sur le statut et la répartition de quelques Leptotyphlopidés (Serpentes: Scolecophidia) du Sahara et des savanes d' [Afrique de l'Ouest. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 102: 49-62

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