Myriopholis macrorhyncha, also known as the long-nosed worm snake or hook-snouted worm snake is a harmless blind snake species found in northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
Found in isolated populations across northern Africa and in southwestern Asia.
In Africa it occurs in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Libya, Chad, Mali, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia.
In Asia it has been reported in Aden (Yemen), Turkey, Iran, Israel, Iraq and Pakistan.
[1] A subspecies, M. m. bilmaensis Angel, 1936, found in Niger was recognized by Hahn (1980).