Letheobia lumbriciformis

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Letheobia lumbriciformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. lumbriciformis
Binomial name
Letheobia lumbriciformis
(Peters, 1874)
Synonyms [2]

Letheobia lumbriciformis, also known as the Zanzibar gracile blind snake or wormlike beaked snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is endemic to East Africa and is known from northeastern Tanzania (including Zanzibar) and from eastern Kenya. [2]

References

  1. Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2014). "Letheobia lumbriciformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T22476596A22476611. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T22476596A22476611.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Letheobia lumbriciformis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 January 2019.
  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. "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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