Letheobia lumbriciformis

Letheobia lumbriciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Letheobia
Species: L. lumbriciformis
Binomial name
Letheobia lumbriciformis
(Peters, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Onychocephalus (Letheobia) lumbriciformis Peters, 1874
  • Typhlops lumbriciformis
    - Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops kleebergi
    F. Werner, 1904
  • Rhinotyphlops lumbriciformis - Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia lumbriciformis Broadley & Wallach, 2007[2]

Letheobia lumbriciformis, also known as the Zanzibar gracile blind snake or wormlike beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3][4] It is endemic to Africa.[5]

References

  1. Malonza, P. & Spawls, S. 2014. Letheobia lumbriciformis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T22476596A22476611. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476596A22476611.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

  • Peters, W. 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Volume 1874, pp. 368–377.
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