Namibiana gracilior

Taxonavigation edit

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: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Namibiana
Species: Namibiana gracilior

Name edit

Namibiana gracilior (Boulenger, 1910)

Syntypes (11): BMNH 1946.1.16.51 (formerly BMNH 1910.8.5.2), BMNH 1946.1.16.93 (formerly BMNH 1910.8.5.3), SAM 2398, SAM 2418–19, SAM 3359, SAM 9182, SAM 9184, SAM 8068, SAM 43241 and SAM 43542.

Type locality: “Cape Colony, South Africa. Van Rynsdorp (A.W. Rogers); Matjesfontein (Purcell); Clanwilliam (Leipoldt)”

Combinations edit

Glauconia gracilior Boulenger, 1910: 524 [original combination]
Leptotyphlops gracilior — FitzSimons, 1946: 355 [subsequent combination]
Namibiana gracilior — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 13 [subsequent combination]

References edit

Additional references edit

Broadley, D.G. & Broadley, S. 1999. A review of the African worm snakes from south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Syntarsus 5: 1–36. Reference page.
Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page.

Links edit

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Namibiana gracilior. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2018.

Vernacular names edit

English: Slender Thread Snake