Peters's threadsnake
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Peters's threadsnake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Leptotyphlops |
Species: | L. scutifrons
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Binomial name | |
Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854)
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Peters's threadsnake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1][2][3] It widely distributed in Eastern and Southern Africa, from southern Tanzania south to Natal and west to Angola and Namibia.[1] and were formerly considered subspecies of this species but have now been elevated to full species status.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Leptotyphlops scutifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
Categories:
- Leptotyphlops
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of Angola
- Reptiles of Mozambique
- Reptiles of Namibia
- Reptiles of South Africa
- Reptiles of Tanzania
- Reptiles of Zambia
- Reptiles described in 1854
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
- Scolecophidia stubs