Letheobia erythraea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Letheobia
Species: Letheobia erythraea

Name

• Letheobia erythraea (Scortecci, 1928)

Holotype: MSNM 3353 (formerly MSNM 2015), collected by Captain L. Fossati.

Type locality: “Sanganeiti”, Eritrea.

Combinations

• Typhlos [sic] erythraeus Scortecci, 1928: 291 [original combination]
• Rhinotyphlops erythraeus — Largen, 1978: 57 [subsequent combination]
• Letheobia erythraea — Broadley & Wallach, 2007: 61 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Scortecci, G. 1928. Rettili dell’Eritrea esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano. Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del Museo civico di storia naturale di Milano 67(3–4): 290–339.
• Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Letheobia erythraea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Eritrean Blind Snake