Zenker's worm snake

Zenker's worm snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Letheobia
Species:	L. zenkeri
Binomial name
	Letheobia zenkeri; Sternfeld, 1908
Synonyms
	Typhlops zenkeri ; Sternfeld, 1908; Typhlops vermis ; Boulenger, 1914; Typhlops zenkeri ; — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999; Rhinotyphlops zenkeri ; — Chirio & Lebreton, 2007; Letheobia zenkeri ; — Hedges et al. 2014;

Zenker's worm snake (Letheobia zenkeri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[2]^[3]^[1] The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, zenkeri, is in honor of German botanist Georg August Zenker.^[4]

Geographic range

L. zenkeri is endemic to Cameroon.^[1]

Description

L. zenkeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 12–13.5 centimetres (4.7–5.3 in). It has 18 scales around the body, and is "colourless" (farblos, in German).^[5]^[6]

Reproduction

L. zenkeri is oviparous.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Letheobia zenkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
^ "Typhlops zenkeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
^ 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. (Typhlops zenkeri, p. 293).
^ Sternfeld (1908).
^ Boulenger (1914).

Boulenger GA (1914). "Descriptions of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 14: 482–485. (Typhlops vermis, new species, pp. 482–483).
Chirio, Laurent; Lebreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (Rhinotyphlos zenkeri, new combination). (in French).
Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia zenkeri, new combination, p. 30).
Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Typhlops zenkeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).

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[RDB-1] Letheobia zenkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

[ITIS-2] "Typhlops zenkeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

[3] McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.

[4] 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. (Typhlops zenkeri, p. 293).

[5] Sternfeld (1908).

[6] Boulenger (1914).

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