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Stejneger's beaked snake

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Stejneger's beaked snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Letheobia stejnegeri
(Loveridge, 1931)
Synonyms[3]

Stejneger's beaked snake (Letheobia stejnegeri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to Middle Africa.

Etymology

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The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Leonhard Stejneger, Norwegian-born American herpetologist at the Smithsonian Institution for over 60 years.[4]

Geographic range

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L. stejnegeri is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Republic of the Congo.[1][3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of L. stejnegeri is forest.[1]

Reproduction

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L. stejnegeri is oviparous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Zassi-Boulou, A.-G.; Kusamba, C. (2021). "Letheobia stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178675A126510139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178675A126510139.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. ^ a b c Letheobia stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2018.
  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. (Rhinotyphlops stejnegeri, p. 252).

Further reading

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  • Broadley DG, Wallach V (2007). "A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. (Letheobia stejnegeri, new combination).
  • Loveridge A (1931). "A new snake of the genus Typhlops from the Belgian Congo". Copeia 1931 (3): 92–93. (Typhlops stejnegeri, new species).