Cairo blind snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Myriopholis |
Species: | M. cairi
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Binomial name | |
Myriopholis cairi (
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron, 1844)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Cairo blind snake (Myriopholis cairi) is a species of non venomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Africa.
M. cairi is found in Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, and possibly in Libya. [2]
The specific name, cairi, commemorates the city of Cairo, Egypt. The specific name of the junior synonymy, Stenostoma fitzingeri, commemorates Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. [5]
The preferred natural habitat of M. cairi is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft), and it is also found in moist cultivated areas. [1]
M. cairi preys upon small invertebrates. [1]
Cairo blind snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Myriopholis |
Species: | M. cairi
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Binomial name | |
Myriopholis cairi (
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron, 1844)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Cairo blind snake (Myriopholis cairi) is a species of non venomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Africa.
M. cairi is found in Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, and possibly in Libya. [2]
The specific name, cairi, commemorates the city of Cairo, Egypt. The specific name of the junior synonymy, Stenostoma fitzingeri, commemorates Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. [5]
The preferred natural habitat of M. cairi is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft), and it is also found in moist cultivated areas. [1]
M. cairi preys upon small invertebrates. [1]