Leptotyphlops conjunctus

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Leptotyphlops conjunctus
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Cape thread snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species:
L. conjunctus
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops conjunctus
(Jan, 1861)
Leptotyphlops conjunctus Distribution Map.svg
Cape thread snake range (in green)
Synonyms [2]
Synonyms List
  • Stenostoma conjunctum
    Angel, 1861
  • Stenostoma groutii
    Cope 1875
  • Glauconia conjuncta
    Boulenger 1890
  • Glauconia conjuncta
    Boulenger 1893
  • Glauconia lepezi
    Boulenger 1901
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus
    Loveridge 1933
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus conjunctus
    Laurent 1956
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus lepezi
    Laurent 1956
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus lepezi
    Laurent 1958
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus lepezi
    Trape & Roux-Esteve 1995
  • Leptotyphlops lepezi
    Broadley 1998
  • Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus
    Broadley 1998
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
  • Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus
    Broadley & Wallach 2007
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus
    Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009
  • Leptotyphlops conjunctus
    Wallach et al. 2014
  • Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus
    Bates et al. 2014

The Cape thread snake (Leptotyphlops conjunctus) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] [5] It has previously been considered a subspecies of Peter's thread snake, Leptotyphlops scutifrons . [5] [6] It was first described in 1861 as Stenostoma conjunctum. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Alexander, G.J.; Tolley, K.A.; Weeber, J.; Conradie, W.; Pietersen, D. (2019). "Leptotyphlops conjunctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T44979732A217536604. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T44979732A217536604.en . Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Species Leptotyphlops conjunctus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.com.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 Leptotyphlops conjunctus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Broadley, D.G. and Broadley, S., 1999. A Review of the African Worm Snakes from South of Latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe.


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