In the species section you can find the working file of Myriopholis algeriensis.
It is a surprising case of multiple convergent evolutions, to the fossorial apoda lizards, we have to add a family of strange fossorial snakes that look, yes… like worms.
The Leptotyphlopidae, whose only representative in Morocco and Western Sahara is Myriopholis algeriensis, although the family groups nearly one hundred species distributed in America, Africa and Asia, are real small size snakes that are extremely thin and have interesting adaptations to their way of life.
Little is known about the presence of Myriopholis algeriensis in Morocco and Western Sahara more than a few individual findings; however the difficulty in detecting this species could have contributed to this more than its real distribution and abundance.
More information in the Myriopholis algeriensis file.
Más que lombrices de tierra, son igualitas que los gusanos crin o gordiáceos, aunque estos son parásitos de insetos acuáticos fundamentalmente y alguna vez se vean nadando libremente.
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