Myriopholis

Myriopholis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily:	Leptotyphlopinae
Genus:	Myriopholis Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009

Myriopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] Most of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Myriopholis adleri (Hahn & Wallach, 1998) – Adler's worm snake
• Myriopholis albiventer (Hallermann & Rödel, 1995) – white-bellied worm snake
• Myriopholis algeriensis (Jacquet, 1896)
• Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890) – Sindh threadsnake, Blanford's worm snake
• Myriopholis boueti (Chabanaud, 1917) – Bouet's worm snake
• Myriopholis braccianii (Scortecci, 1929) – Scortecci's blind snake, Bracciani's worm snake
• Myriopholis burii (Boulenger, 1905) – Arabian blind snake, Bury's worm snake
• Myriopholis cairi (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) – Cairo blind snake
• Myriopholis erythraeus (Scortecci, 1929) – Eritrean worm snake
• Myriopholis filiformis (Boulenger, 1899) – Socotra Island blind snake
• Myriopholis ionidesi (Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Ionides's worm snake
• Myriopholis lanzai Broadley, Wade & Wallach, 2014
• Myriopholis longicauda (W. Peters, 1854) – long-tailed threadsnake
• Myriopholis macrorhyncha (Jan, 1860) – hook-snouted worm snake, long-nosed worm snake
• Myriopholis macrura (Boulenger, 1899) – Boulenger's blind snake
• Myriopholis narirostris (W. Peters, 1867)
• Myriopholis nursii (Anderson, 1896) – Nurse's blind snake
• Myriopholis occipitalis J.-F. Trape & Chirio, 2019
• Myriopholis parkeri (Broadley, 1999) – Parker's worm snake
• Myriopholis perreti (Roux-Estève, 1979)
• Myriopholis rouxestevae (J.-F. Trape & Mané, 2004) – Roux-Estève's worm snake
• Myriopholis tanae (Broadley & Wallach, 2007) – Tana worm snake
• Myriopholis wilsoni (Hahn, 1978) – Wilson's blind snake
• Myriopholis yemenica (Scortecci, 1933) – Yemen blind snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Myriopholis.