Letheobia graueri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. graueri
Binomial name
Letheobia graueri
(Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms[4]
  • Typhlops graueri
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Rhinotyphlops graueri
    — Roux-Estève, 1974[2][3]
  • Letheobia graueri
    — Hedges et al., 2014

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]

Etymology

The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.[6]

Geographic range

L. graueri is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. graueri is savanna, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[1]

Behavior

L. graueri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

L. graueri is oviparous.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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. ^ a b c d Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ 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).

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