The St. Thomas beaked snake (Letheobia feae) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to the Gulf of Guinea off the western coast of Central Africa.
| St. Thomas beaked snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Letheobia |
| Species: | L. feae |
| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia feae (Boulenger, 1906) | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[2][5]
Geographic range
editL. feae is found on the island of São Tomé in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.[2]
Habitat
editBehavior
editL. feae is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Letheobia feae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T178358A126509965. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178358A126509965.en. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Letheobia feae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ McDiarmid RW; Campbell JA; Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6. (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume)
- ↑ "Rhinotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops feae, p. 88)
Further reading
edit- 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, Figure 5; Typhlops principis, new species, pp. 209–210, Figure 6)
- 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1515.1.2. (Letheobia feae, new combination)
- Chippaux J-P; Jackson K (2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421427195.
- Roux-Estève R (1974). "Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Nouvelle Serie. Serie A, Zoologie (in French). 87: 1–313. (Rhinotyphlops feae, new combination, p. 202)