Letheobia gracilis, also known as the gracile blind snake or Urungu beaked snake is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][2] It is endemic to Africa and is known from northern Zambia, western Tanzania, and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
| Letheobia gracilis | |
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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. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Letheobia gracilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2018.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
Further reading
edit- Sternfeld, Richard. 1910. Neue Schlangen aus Kamerun, Abbessinien und Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 67–70.