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Letheobia graueri

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Species of snake

Letheobia graueri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species: L. graueri
Binomial name
Letheobia graueri
(Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops graueri
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Rhinotyphlops graueri
    — Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia graueri
    — Hedges et al., 2014

Letheobia graueri, also known commonly as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake, Sternfeld's beaked snake, and Grauer's blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to central and eastern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

Geographic range

L. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. graueri is savanna, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.

Behavior

L. graueri is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

L. graueri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Letheobia graueri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178733A46181990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178733A46181990.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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).
  3. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ^ Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  5. Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5. (ePDF).
  6. ^ 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 graueri, p. 106).

Further reading

  • Dehling JM, Hinkel HH, Ensikat H-J, Babilon, Fischer E (2018). "A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology". Zootaxa 4378 (4): 480–490.
  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia graueri, new combination).
  • Roux-Estève R (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes ". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Nouvelle Série – Série A, Zoologie (Paris) 87: 1–313. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, new combination, p. 227). (in French).
  • Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV , Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 405 pp. + Plates I-XI. (Typhlops graueri, new species, p. 264). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Letheobia graueri


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