Eritrean blind snake

Eritrean blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Letheobia
Species: L. erythraea
Binomial name
Letheobia erythraea
(Scortecci, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops erythraeus Scortecci, 1928
  • Rhinotyphlops erythraeus
    - McDiarmid et al., 1999
  • Letheobia erythraea
    - Largen & Spawls, 2010[2]

The Eritrean blind snake (Letheobia erythraea) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3][4] It is endemic to Africa.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Spawls, S. 2010. Letheobia erythraea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178500A7559475. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178500A7559475.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
  2. ↑ 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, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Scortecci, G. 1928 (1929). Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67(3-4):290-339.


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