Letheobia graueri

Letheobia graueri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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;

Last updated September 16, 2023

Letheobia graueri, also known commonly as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake,^[5]Sternfeld's beaked snake, and Grauer's blind snake,^[6] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to central and eastern Africa.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.^[6]

Geographic range

L. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. graueri is savanna, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.^[1]

Behavior

L. graueri is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

L. graueri is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 4 Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
↑ 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).
↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
↑ 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).
1 2 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).

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". Zootaxa4378 (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 Herpetology49: 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 [Volume 4], Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 405 pp. + Plates I-XI. (Typhlops graueri, new species, p. 264). (in German).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.

[McD99-3] 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).

[ITIS-4] "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.

[Spawls_et_al._2018-5] 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).

[Beolens_et_al._2011-6] 1 2 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).

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