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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Rena
Species: Rena dulcis
Subspecies (2): R. d. dulcis – R. d. rubella
Name
Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853
- Holotype: USNM 7296, ♂, collected by J.H. Clark [U.S.-Mex. Boundary Survey] between 1850–1852, via J.D. Graham.
- Type locality: “between San Pedro and Camanche [=Comanche] Springs, Tex. [=Texas]”.
Combinations
- Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853: 142 [original combination]
- Stenostoma dulce — Cope, 1861: 305 [subsequent combination]
- Leptotyphlops dulcis — Stejneger, 1891: 501 [subsequent combination]
- Glauconia dulcis — Cope, 1892: 590 [subsequent combination]
- Rena dulcis — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trapp, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 11 [subsequent combination, restaure to original genus]
References
Primary references
- Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Rena dulcis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2020.
- Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Rena dulcis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64057A12740793. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64057A12740793.en
Vernacular names
English: Texas Blind Snake
español: Culebrilla ciega texana
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