Species

Myriopholis erythraeus

Myriopholis erythraeus · described by (SCORTECCI 1929)

Myriopholis filiformis, a close relative of Myriopholis erythraeus

Pictured: Myriopholis filiformis, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: John Green (?-?), from a contribution by George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937) to a work edited by Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Myriopholis erythraeus
First described
(SCORTECCI 1929)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Leptotyphlopidae
Genus
Myriopholis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree