Cross's beaked snake

Cross's beaked snake (Letheobia crossii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to West Africa.[2]

Cross's beaked snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. crossii
Binomial name
Letheobia crossii
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms[2]

Etymology

The specific name, crossii, is in honor of British explorer William Henry Crosse (1859–1903).[5]

Geographic range

L. crossii is found in Nigeria and Togo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. crossii is forest.[1]

Reproduction

L. crossii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Trape, J.; Luiselli, L.; Branch, W.R. (2013). "Letheobia crossii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13300841A13300850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13300841A13300850.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Letheobia crossii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 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 crossii, p. 62).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops crossii, new species, p. 52 + Plate III, Figures 5a, 5b, 5c).
  • Boulenger GA (1895). "On some new or little-known Reptiles obtained by W.H. Crosse, Esq., on the Niger". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 16: 32–34. (Typhlops crossii, p. 33).
  • Broadley DG, Wallach V (2007). "A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. (Letheobia crossii, new combination).
  • Roux-Estève R (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes ". Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Nouvelle Serie - Serie A, Zoologie 87: 1-313. (Rhinotyphlops crossii, new combination). (in French).



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