Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Letheobia
Species: Letheobia weidholzi

Name

Holotype: NMW 23492, ♀, collected by Alfred Weidholz, between 1938–1939.

Type locality: “Poli, Département de Faro, région du Nord, Cameroun (8º27’16.4” N, 13º15’33.7” E, elevation 525 m)”.

Synonyms

  • Typhlops weidholzi Weidholz, 1941 [nomen nudum by Wallach & Gemel (2018: 30)]

Holotype: NMW 23492, ♀, collected by Alfred Weidholz, between 1938–1939.

Type locality: “St. Poli b. Garoua, N-Kamerun”.

References

Primary references

  • Weidholz, A. 1941. Bei den Bergheiden in Nordkamerun. Ostmarken–Verlag: Wien. 240 pp.
  • Wallach, V. & Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 31(1/2): 27–46. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Weidholz’s Pink Blindsnake
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