Leptotyphlops macrurus ( Boulenger, 1903 )

Razzetti, Edoardo, Sindaco, Roberto, Grieco, Cristina, Pella, Francesca, Ziliani, Ugo, Pupin, Fabio, Riservato, Elisa, Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele, Butikofer, Luca, Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed & Al-Aseily, Badar Awadh, 2011, Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia), Zootaxa 2826, pp. 1-44 : 16-17

Leptotyphlops macrurus ( Boulenger, 1903)

Glauconia macrura Boulenger 1903: 89 —Locus typicus: “Dahamis, 350 feet; Jena-agahan, 1200–2500 feet; and Homhil, 1500–2500 feet ”.

Glauconia longicauda Boulenger, 1899: 7 (non Stenostoma longicaudum Peters ). Glauconia macrura Boulenger, 1903: 89 , PI. 11.3 (substitute name for G. longicauda Boulenger ).

Leptotyphlops macrura .— Parker, 1949: 20.

Leptotyphlops macrurus .— Hahn, 1978: 480, Fig. 2 , Tab. 1 .

Leptotyphlops macrurus . — Rösler & Wranik, 2006a: 126, 127. Myriopholis macrura . — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 11.

The largest and commonest Socotran worm snake, whose original and bibliographic data are scattered on the whole island ranging from near sea level (south of Sherubrub, Shu’ab area) up to 995 m at Qaroni (Diksam Plateau).

Habitat. Surveys carried out in January 2008, during the rainy season, showed that the species was common in a forested area at Wadi Ayhaft (290 m a.s.l.) with deep soil and scattered stones; it also occurs in other habitats including palm groves, open sandy areas with rocks, sparse shrubs with scattered stones, stony hills with or without vegetation and along wadis.

Original data. Fig. 28. Timeroh area, Diksam plateau, Qabheten area, Shu'ab area, Ghubbah area, Terr Ditrur, Wadi Ayhaft, Hadiboh plain, Rokeb area.

Bibliographic data. Schätti & Desvoignes (1999), Rösler & Wranik (2006a), Parker (1949).

General distribution. A Socotran endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Areas cited in the Results. 1 — NE Coast; 2 — Homhil; 3 — Momi plateau; 4 — Timeroh area; 5 — Go'o area; 6 — Wadi Di-Fa'rhoh; 7 — E Noged; 8 — Wadi Di Asrhon; 9 — Firmihin; 10 — Dheroh; 11 — Diksam plateau; 12 — Diksam SW; 13 — Central Noged; 14 — Qa'arah area; 15 — Qabheten area; 16 — Meyhah area; 17 — Plateau W of Qabhete; 18 — Neet; 19 — Shu'ab inland; 20 — Shu'ab area; 21 — Ma'alah plateau; 22 — Qeysoh; 23 — Qalansiyah; 24 — Qalansiyah inland; 25 — Ghubbah area; 26 — Mori West; 27 — Terr Ditrur; 28 — Di Rohan; 29 — Mouri plain; 30 — Wadi Trubah; 31 — Skand; 32 — Adho Di Meleh; 33 — Wadi Ayhaft; 34 — Kadheb E; 35 — Hadiboh plain; 36 — Howlef; 37 — Di Lishah area; 38 — Kariyah area; 39 — Rokeb area; 40 — Darsa; 41 — Samha; 42 — Abd al-Kuri. Empty dots indicate sampling sites surveyed by the authors on a UTM grid 1 x 1 km.