''Myriopholis'' is a

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of snakes in the

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Leptotyphlopidae The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfa ...

. Most of the

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were previously placed in the genus ''

Leptotyphlops ''Leptotyphlops'' is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus ...

''.

Species

The genus contains the following species: *'' Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake *'' Myriopholis albiventer'' – white-bellied worm snake *'' Myriopholis algeriensis'' *'' Myriopholis blanfordi'' – Sindh threadsnake, Blanford's worm snake *'' Myriopholis boueti'' – Bouet's worm snake *'' Myriopholis braccianii'' – Scortecci's blind snake, Bracciani's worm snake *''

Myriopholis burii ''Myriopholis burii'', commonly known as the Arabian blind snake or Bury's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic R ...

'' – Arabian blind snake, Bury's worm snake *'' Myriopholis cairi'' – Cairo blind snake *''

Myriopholis erythraeus ''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the Family (biology), family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''. Species The genus contains the following species: *''Myriopholis adleri'' – Adle ...

'' – Eritrean worm snake *'' Myriopholis filiformis'' – Socotra Island blind snake *'' Myriopholis ionidesi'' – Ionides's worm snake *'' Myriopholis lanzai'' *'' Myriopholis longicauda'' – long-tailed threadsnake *'' Myriopholis macrorhyncha'' – hook-snouted worm snake, long-nosed worm snake *'' Myriopholis macrura'' – Boulenger's blind snake *'' Myriopholis narirostris'' *'' Myriopholis nursii'' – Nurse's blind snake *'' Myriopholis occipitalis'' *'' Myriopholis parkeri'' – Parker's worm snake *'' Myriopholis perreti'' *'' Myriopholis rouxestevae'' – Roux-Estève's worm snake *'' Myriopholis tanae'' – Tana worm snake *'' Myriopholis wilsoni'' – Wilson's blind snake *'' Myriopholis yemenica'' – Yemen blind snake ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Myriopholis''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3331572 Snake genera Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Taxa named by William Roy Branch