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 the Middle East. There are no recognized subspecies.

Myriopholis blanfordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Myriopholis
Species:	M. blanfordi
Binomial name
Myriopholis blanfordi (Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms[1][2]
Glauconia blanfordii Boulenger, 1890 Glauconia blanfordii — Boulenger, 1893 Glauconia laticeps Nikolsky, 1907 Glauconia carltoni Barbour, 1908 Leptotyphlops blanfordi — M.A. Smith, 1943 Glauconia blanfondi — Sundersingh, 1960 (typographical error) Leptotypheops beanyordi Sundersingh, 1960 (typographical error) Leptotyphlops blanfordi blanfordi — Hahn, 1980 Myriopholis blanfordi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Myriopholis blanfordii — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

M. blanfordi is named after English naturalist William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.^[3]

Subspecies

There are no subspecies of M. blanfordi that are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Geographic range

M. blanfordi is found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, southern Iran, and possibly the Arabian Peninsula.^[1] The type locality given is "Sind" [Punjab, India].^[1][2]

Reproduction

M. blanfordi is oviparous.^[1]