Leptotyphlops distanti

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Leptotyphlops distanti
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Leptotyphlops distanti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species:
L. distanti
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops distanti
(Boulenger, 1892)
Leptotyphlops distanti Distribution Map.svg
Distant's thread snake range (in green)
Synonyms [2]
  • Glauconia distanti
    Boulenger, 1892
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    Parker, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops conjuncta distanti
    Bogert, 1940
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Leptotyphlops distanti, also known commonly as Distant's thread snake or Distant's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [3] [4] The species is native to Southern Africa. [5]

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Etymology

The specific name, distanti, is in honor of English entomologist William Lucas Distant. [6]

Geographic range

L. distanti is found in Eswatini, southern Mozambique, and South Africa. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. distanti are savanna and grassland, at altitudes of 250–1,600 m (820–5,250 ft). [1]

Description

Dorsally, L. distanti is gray-black. Ventrally, it is paler. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8.7 in). [5]

Reproduction

L. distanti is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alexander, G.J. (2018). "Leptotyphlops distanti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T44979746A115671151. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44979746A115671151.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Leptotyphlops distanti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. 1 2 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN   0-88359-042-5. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 57 + Plate 40).
  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. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 73).

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