title: Cairo blind snake
text: # Cairo blind snake
  
  The Cairo blind snake (Myriopholis cairi) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of M. cairi is shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft), and it is also found in moist cultivated areas.
  
  ## Diet
  
  M. cairi preys upon small invertebrates.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  M. cairi is oviparous.
  
  