Letheobia graueri, also known commonly as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake,[5] Sternfeld's beaked snake, and Grauer's blind snake,[6] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to central and eastern Africa.[4]
| Letheobia graueri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Letheobia |
| Species: | L. graueri
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia graueri (Sternfeld, 1912)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.[6]
Geographic range
editL. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. graueri is savanna, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[1]
Behavior
editL. graueri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Letheobia graueri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178733A46181990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178733A46181990.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ a b c d Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ^ Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5. (ePDF).
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, p. 106).
Further reading
edit- Dehling JM, Hinkel HH, Ensikat H-J, Babilon, Fischer E (2018). "A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology". Zootaxa 4378 (4): 480–490.
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia graueri, new combination).
- Roux-Estève R (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes ". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Nouvelle Série – Série A, Zoologie (Paris) 87: 1–313. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, new combination, p. 227). (in French).
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia ". pp. 197–279. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV [Volume 4], Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 405 pp. + Plates I-XI. (Typhlops graueri, new species, p. 264). (in German).