Peters's threadsnake

Peters's threadsnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Leptotyphlops
Species: L. scutifrons
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops scutifrons
(Peters, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma scutifrons
  • Glauconia scutifrons
  • Glauconia okahandjana

Peters's threadsnake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1][2][3] It widely distributed in Eastern and Southern Africa, from southern Tanzania south to Natal and west to Angola and Namibia.[1] Leptotyphlops pitmani and Leptotyphlops merkeri were formerly considered subspecies of this species but have now been elevated to full species status.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leptotyphlops scutifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2018.
  2. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.


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