Nurse's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Myriopholis
Species:
M. nursii
Binomial name
Myriopholis nursii
(Anderson, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Glauconia nursii
    Anderson, 1896
  • Leptotyphlops nursii
    — Parker, 1938
  • Leptotyphlops blanfordi nursi — Hahn, 1978
  • Leptotyphlops nursii
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Myriopholis nursii
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Leptotyphlops nursii
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Nurse's blind snake (Myriopholis nursii) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, nursii, is in honor of English entomologist Charles George Nurse.[4]

Geographic range

M. nursii is endemic to the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.[1]

Reproduction

M. nursii is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Myriopholis nursii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ 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

  • 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).



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