Rena humilis

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: Epictinae
Genus: Rena
Species: Rena humilis
Subspecies (4): R. h. cahuilae – R. h. chihuahuaensis – R. h. humilis – R. h. utahensis

Name edit

Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853

  • Holotype: USNM 2101, collected by J.L. LeConte in 1850.
  • Type locality: “Valliecitas, Cal. [=California]”, restricted to “vicinity of Vallecito, E San Diego Co., California, USA” by Klauber (1931: 343) and to “the upper Sonoran Life Zone north or west of the Vallecito area” by Brattstrom (1953: 180).

Combinations edit

  • Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853: 143 [original combination]
  • Stenostoma humilePeters, 1857: 402 [subsequent combination, by implication]
  • Glauconia humilisBoulenger, 1893: 70 [subsequent combination]
  • Siagonodon humilisVan Denburgh, 1897: 150 [subsequent combination]
  • Leptotyphlops humilisRuthven, 1907: 573 [subsequent combination]
  • Rena humilisAdalsteinsson, Branch, Trapp, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 11 [subsequent combination, restaure to original genus]

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Vernacular names edit

Deutsch: Mexikanische Schlankblindschlange
English: Western Blind Snake
español: Culebrilla ciega de occidente
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