Biology:Letheobia gracilis

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Short description: Species of snake

Letheobia gracilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. gracilis
Binomial name
Letheobia gracilis
(Sternfeld, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops gracilis
    Sternfeld, 1910
  • Rhinotyphlops gracilis
    – Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia gracilis
    – Broadley & Wallach, 2007

Letheobia gracilis, also known as the gracile blind snake or Urungu beaked snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2] It is endemic to Africa and is known from northern Zambia, western Tanzania, and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Letheobia gracilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2018.
  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).

Further reading

  • Sternfeld, Richard. 1910. Neue Schlangen aus Kamerun, Abbessinien und Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 67–70.

Wikidata ☰ Q969053 entry