genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of snakes in the
family
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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
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
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 ...
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Species
The genus contains the following species:
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Myriopholis adleri
''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake
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'' – Adler's worm snake
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Myriopholis albiventer
The white-bellied worm snake (''Myriopholis albiventer'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae
The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, So ...
'' – white-bellied worm snake
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Myriopholis algeriensis
''Myriopholis algeriensis'' is a species of snake in the family 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. ...
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Myriopholis blanfordi
''Myriopholis blanfordi'', also known commonly as Blanford's worm snake and the Sindh thread snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to South Asia and Iran, and possibly further west in t ...
'' – Sindh threadsnake, Blanford's worm snake
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Myriopholis boueti
Bouet's worm snake (''Myriopholis boueti'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, ''boueti'', is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornith ...
'' – Bouet's worm snake
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Myriopholis braccianii
''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
*'' Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake
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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
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Myriopholis cairi
The Cairo blind snake (''Myriopholis cairi'') is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washin ...
'' – Cairo blind snake
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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
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Myriopholis filiformis
The Socotra Island blind snake (''Myriopholis filiformis'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae
The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, ...
'' – Socotra Island blind snake
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Myriopholis ionidesi
''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
*''Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake
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'' – Ionides's worm snake
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Myriopholis lanzai
''Myriopholis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. Most of the species were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
*''Myriopholis adleri'' – Adler's worm snake
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
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binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Myriopholis''.