Letheobia wittei

Letheobia wittei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. wittei
Binomial name
Letheobia wittei
(Roux-Estève, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Rhinotyphlops wittei
    Roux-Estève, 1974
  • Letheobia wittei
    — Broadley & Wallach, 2000

Letheobia wittei, also known commonly as De Witte's gracile blind snake or Witte's beaked snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, wittei, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Gaston-François de Witte.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. wittei is lowland rainforest.

Reproduction

L. wittei is oviparous.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Species Letheobia wittei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  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. (Letheobia wittei, p. 288).

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