Long-tailed threadsnake explained

The long-tailed threadsnake (Myriopholis longicauda) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] It is endemic to Africa.

Geographic range

It is found in eastern Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, southern Somalia, northeastern South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Volume 1854, pp. 614–628. (Stenosoma longicaudum, p. 621.)

External links

• iNaturalist page

Notes and References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume).
2. Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp., including 112 Plates. (Leptotyphlops longicaudus, p. 56 & Plate 40.
3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.