Rena humilis

Rena humilis

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

Name

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

• Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853: 143 [original combination]
• Stenostoma humile — Peters, 1857: 402 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Glauconia humilis — Boulenger, 1893: 70 [subsequent combination]
• Siagonodon humilis — Van Denburgh, 1897: 150 [subsequent combination]
• Leptotyphlops humilis — Ruthven, 1907: 573 [subsequent combination]
• Rena humilis — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trapp, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 11 [subsequent combination, restaure to original genus]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rena humilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Rena humilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64058A12740895. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64058A12740895.en

Vernacular names

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

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