Letheobia rufescens

Letheobia rufescens, also known as the Oubangui gracile blind snake or Haut-Oubangui beaked snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is endemic to Central Africa (Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1]

Letheobia rufescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. rufescens
Binomial name
Letheobia rufescens
(Chabanaud, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops rufescens Chabanaud, 1916
  • Rhinotyphlops rufescens
    – Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia rufescens
    – Broadley & Wallach, 2007

References
  1. Letheobia rufescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2018.

Further reading
  • Chabanaud, P. 1916. Énumération des Ophidiens non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenent aux Collections de Muséum, avec la description des espèces et des variétés nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Volume 22, pp. 362–382.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.