Biology:Letheobia graueri
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Short description: Species of snake
| Letheobia graueri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Letheobia |
| Species: | L. graueri
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia graueri (Sternfeld, 1912)
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| Synonyms[3] | |
Letheobia graueri, also known commonly as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake,[4] Sternfeld's beaked snake, and Grauer's blind snake,[5] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to central and eastern Africa.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.[5]
Geographic range
L. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. graueri is savanna, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[6]
Behavior
L. graueri is terrestrial and fossorial.[6]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634397. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ↑ Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=UHBUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA356. (ePDF).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, p. 106).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Dehling JM, Hinkel HH, Ensikat H-J, Babilon, Fischer E (2018). "A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology". Zootaxa 4378 (4): 480–490.
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia graueri, new combination).
- Roux-Estève R (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes ". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Nouvelle Série – Série A, Zoologie (Paris) 87: 1–313. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, new combination, p. 227). (in French).
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4], Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 405 pp. + Plates I-XI. (Typhlops graueri, new species, p. 264). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3019583 entry
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