Zenker's worm snake

Zenker's worm snake (Letheobia zenkeri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][1] The species is native to Central Africa.

Zenker's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. zenkeri
Binomial name
Letheobia zenkeri
Sternfeld, 1908
Synonyms[1]
  • Typhlops zenkeri
    Sternfeld, 1908
  • Typhlops vermis
    Boulenger, 1914
  • Typhlops zenkeri
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Rhinotyphlops zenkeri
    — Chirio & Lebreton, 2007
  • Letheobia zenkeri
    — Hedges et al. 2014

Etymology

The specific name, zenkeri, is in honor of German botanist Georg August Zenker.[4]

Geographic range

L. zenkeri is endemic to Cameroon.[1]

Description

L. zenkeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 12–13.5 centimetres (4.7–5.3 in). It has 18 scales around the body, and is "colourless" (farblos, in German).[5][6]

Reproduction

L. zenkeri is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Letheobia zenkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  2. "Typhlops zenkeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
  4. 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. (Typhlops zenkeri, p. 293).
  5. Sternfeld (1908).
  6. Boulenger (1914).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1914). "Descriptions of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 14: 482–485. (Typhlops vermis, new species, pp. 482–483).
  • Chirio, Laurent; Lebreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (Rhinotyphlos zenkeri, new combination). (in French).
  • Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia zenkeri, new combination, p. 30).
  • Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Typhlops zenkeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).



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