Letheobia wittei

Letheobia wittei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Typhlopidae
Genus:Letheobia
Species: L. wittei
Binomial name
Letheobia wittei
(Roux-Estève, 1974)
Synonyms

Letheobia wittei, also known as De Witte’s gracile blind snake or Witte's beaked snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, wittei, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Gaston-François de Witte.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Letheobia wittei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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. ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". 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. (Letheobia wittei, p. 288).

Further reading

  • Roux-Estève, Rolande (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes ". Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, Séries A, 87: 1–313. (Rhinotyphlops wittei, new species, p. 239). (in French).
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