Myriopholis burii

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.

Myriopholis burii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Myriopholis
Species:	M. burii
Binomial name
Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
Glauconia burii Boulenger, 1905 Leptotyphlops burii — Corkill & Cochrane, 1965 Myriopholis burii — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, burii, is in honor of British naturalist George Wyman Bury (1874-1920).[3]

Geographic range

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]

References

1. Sindaco R (2012). "Myriopholis burii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199569A2603530. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199569A2603530.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
2. "Myriopholis burii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).
4. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
5. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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 burii, new combination, p. 28).
• Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of Three new Snakes discovered in South Arabia by Mr. G. W. Bury". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 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". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 62 (3): 475-506. (Leptotyphlops burii, new combination).