Species

Myriopholis longicauda

Myriopholis longicauda · described by (PETERS 1854)

Myriopholis filiformis, a close relative of Myriopholis longicauda

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 longicauda
First described
(PETERS 1854)
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