Namibiana

Namibiana is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1] All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Namibiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Namibiana
Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, 2009

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Namibiana gracilior, slender threadsnake, slender worm snake
  • Namibiana labialis, Damara threadsnake
  • Namibiana latifrons, Benguela worm snake, Sternfeld's threadsnake
  • Namibiana occidentalis, western threadsnake, western worm snake
  • Namibiana rostrata, Bocage's blind snake, Angolan beaked threadsnake

References

  1. Namibiana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
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