Namibiana latifrons

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

Lectotype: BMNH 1864.6.14.5, collected by J.J. Monteiro between 1861–1864. [designated by Broadley & Watson (1976: 483)]

Type locality: “Benguela”, Angola.

Paralectotype: BMNH 1864.6.14.6; same locality as lectotype. [designated by Broadley & Watson (1976: 483)]

Glauconia latifrons Sternfeld, 1908: 94 [original combination]
Leptotyphlops latifrons — Broadley & Watson, 1976: 483 [subsequent combination]
Namibiana latifrons — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 13 [subsequent combination]

Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1908(4): 92–95. BHL Reference page.
Broadley, D.G. & Watson, G. 1976. A revision of the Worm Snakes of southeastern Africa (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Occasional papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia. Series B, Natural sciences 5(8): 465–510. 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.

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.

English: Benguela Thread Snake