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Cairo Blind Snake
Myriopholis cairi
The Cairo blind snake (Myriopholis cairi) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Africa.
From the article Cairo blind snake on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
M. cairi is found in Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, and possibly in Libya.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, cairi, commemorates the city of Cairo, Egypt. The specific name of the junior synonymy, Stenostoma fitzingeri, commemorates Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Myriopholis cairi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 106357.