Leptotyphlops distanti

Leptotyphlops distanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Leptotyphlops
Species: L. distanti
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops distanti
(Boulenger, 1892)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia distanti
    Boulenger, 1892
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    — Parker, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops conjuncta distanti
    — Bogert, 1940
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Leptotyphlops distanti, also known as Distant's threadsnake or Distant's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species, Leptotyphlops distanti, is endemic to Southern Africa.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, distanti, is in honor of English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[6]

Geographic range

L. distanti is found in southern Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.[2]

Description

Dorsally, L. distanti is gray-black. Ventrally, it is paler. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8.7 in).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Alexander, G.J. 2017. Leptotyphlops distanti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44979746A110326056. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T44979746A110326056.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Leptotyphlops distanti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 1 2 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 57 + Plate 40).
  6. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 73).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1892). "Reptilia and Batrachia". pp. 174–176. In: Distant WL (1892). A Naturalist in the Transvaal. London: R.H. Porter. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 277 pp. + Plates I-III. (Glauconia distanti, new species, pp. 175–176, three line drawings).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia distanti, p. 62).
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