Английская Википедия:Cairo blind snake

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The Cairo blind snake (Myriopholis cairi) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1][2] The species is endemic to Africa.

Geographic range

M. cairi is found in Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, and possibly in Libya.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, cairi, commemorates the city of Cairo, Egypt. The specific name of the junior synonymy, Stenostoma fitzingeri, commemorates Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. cairi is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to Шаблон:Convert, and it is also found in moist cultivated areas.[5]

Diet

M. cairi preys upon small invertebrates.[5]

Reproduction

M. cairi is oviparous.[3]

References

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Further reading

  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Myriopholis cairi, new combination).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia cairi, pp. 65–66).
  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G (1844). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome sixième. Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (Stenostoma cairi, new species, pp. 323–325). (in French).


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  1. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. Шаблон:ISBN (series). Шаблон:ISBN (volume).
  2. ↑ Шаблон:ITIS
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:EMBL species www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Leptotyphlops cairi and L. fitzingeri, p. 46).
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок iucn не указан текст
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