Letheobia lumbriciformis

Letheobia lumbriciformis, also known as the Zanzibar gracile blind snake or wormlike beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to East Africa and is known from northeastern Tanzania (including Zanzibar) and from eastern Kenya.[4]

Letheobia lumbriciformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. lumbriciformis
Binomial name
Letheobia lumbriciformis
(Peters, 1874)
Synonyms[4]
  • Onychocephalus (Letheobia) lumbriciformis Peters, 1874
  • Typhlops lumbriciformis
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Typhlops kleebergi
    F. Werner, 1904
  • Rhinotyphlops lumbriciformis – Roux-Estève, 1974[2][3]
  • Letheobia lumbriciformisBroadley & Wallach, 2007

References

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  1. ^ Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2014). "Letheobia lumbriciformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T22476596A22476611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476596A22476611.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  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. ^ a b Letheobia lumbriciformis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 January 2019.

Further reading

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  • 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.