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Letheobia rufescens

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(Redirected from Rhinotyphlops rufescens) Species of snake

Letheobia rufescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species: L. rufescens
Binomial name
Letheobia rufescens
(Chabanaud, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Typhlops rufescens Chabanaud, 1916
  • Rhinotyphlops rufescens
    – Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia rufescens
    – Broadley & Wallach, 2007

Letheobia rufescens, also known as the Oubangui gracile blind snake or Haut-Oubangui beaked snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. It is endemic to Central Africa (Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo).

References

  1. ^ Letheobia rufescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2018.

Further reading

  • Chabanaud, P. 1916. Énumération des Ophidiens non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenent aux Collections de Muséum, avec la description des espèces et des variétés nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Volume 22, pp. 362–382.
Taxon identifiers
Letheobia rufescens


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