St. Thomas beaked snake
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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. feae
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia feae (Boulenger, 1906)
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The St. Thomas beaked snake (Letheobia feae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4]
Etymology
The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[2][5]
Description
It is found on the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.
References
- ^ Measey, G.J. & Broadley, D.G. 2010. Letheobia feae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178358A7530630. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178358A7530630.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
- ^ a b Letheobia feae. The Reptile Database.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- ^ "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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 feae, p. 88).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1906). "Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Third Series 2: 196-216. (Typhlops feae, new species, p. 209).