Léopoldville beaked snake

Léopoldville beaked snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Letheobia
Species: L. praeocularis
Binomial name
Letheobia praeocularis
(Stejneger, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops præocularis Stejneger, 1894
  • Rhinotyphlops praeocularis
    - Rox-Estève, 1974[2]

The Léopoldville beaked snake (Letheobia praeocularis) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to Africa.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ LeBreton, M. 2010. Letheobia praeocularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178700A7598744. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178700A7598744.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.

Further reading

  • Stejneger, L. 1894. Description of a new species of blind snakes (Typhlopidæ) from the Congo Free State. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Volume XVI. 1893. pp. 709–710.
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