Leptotyphlops telloi

Leptotyphlops telloi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Leptotyphlops
Species: L. telloi
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops telloi
Broadley & Watson, 1976

Leptotyphlops telloi, also known as Tello's threadsnake or Tello's worm snake, is a species of African snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, telloi, is in honor of Mozambican herpetologist José Luis Pessoa Lobão Tello.[4]

Geographic range

L. telloi is endemic to Mozambique,[5] and adjacent Swaziland.[6]

Description

A small species, L. telloi may grow to a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of only 16.5 cm (6.5 in). It is solid black, except for white patches on the head.[6]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of L. telloi is thornveld.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Alexander, G.J. 2017. Leptotyphlops telloi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44979917A110331676. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T44979917A110331676.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
  2. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  3. ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ 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 telloi, p. 262).
  5. ↑ "Leptotyphlops telloi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  6. 1 2 3 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Leptotyphlops telloi, p. 57).

Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Watson G (1976). "A Revision of the Worm Snakes of South-eastern Africa (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences, Bulawayo 8: 465-510. (Leptotyphlops telloi, new species, p. 500).
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