Letheobia sudanensis, also known as the Garamba gracile blind snake or Sudan baked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Africa.[4]

Letheobia sudanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. sudanensis
Binomial name
Letheobia sudanensis
(Schmidt, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops sudanensis Schmidt, 1923
  • Rhinotyphlops sudanensis
    - Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia sudanensis
    - Broadley & Wallach, 2007[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 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, vol. 1. 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. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading edit

  • Schmidt, K.P. et al. 1923. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915: Part II.-Snakes. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 49(1):1-146. (Typhlops sudanensis, pp. 51–53.)