Letheobia weidholzi

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 weidholzi

Name

• Letheobia weidholzi Wallach & Gemel, 2018: 31

Holotype: NMW 23492, ♀, collected by Alfred Weidholz, between 1938–1939.

Type locality: “Poli, Département de Faro, région du Nord, Cameroun (8º27’16.4” N, 13º15’33.7” E, elevation 525 m)”.

Synonyms

• Typhlops weidholzi Weidholz, 1941 [nomen nudum by Wallach & Gemel (2018: 30)]

Holotype: NMW 23492, ♀, collected by Alfred Weidholz, between 1938–1939.

Type locality: “St. Poli b. Garoua, N-Kamerun”.

References

Primary references

• Weidholz, A. 1941. Bei den Bergheiden in Nordkamerun. Ostmarken–Verlag: Wien. 240 pp.
• Wallach, V. & Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 31(1/2): 27–46. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Letheobia weidholzi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Weidholz’s Pink Blindsnake