Letheobia newtoni
| Letheobia newtoni | |
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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. newtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia newtoni (Bocage, 1890)
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Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. F. Newton", who collected the type specimen on Ilhéu das Rolas in the Gulf of Guinea.[4] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909).[5]
Description[edit]
The holotype of L. newtoni is 40 cm (16 in) in total length, which includes a tail 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The body is slender, the diameter not exceeding 8 mm (0.31 in). The scales are in 28 rows around the body. Dorsally and ventrally, it is uniformly yellowish white.[6]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Species Letheobia newtoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Bocage (1890).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops newtonii, p. 189).
- ^ Boulenger (1893).
Further reading[edit]
- Bocage, JV Barboza du (1890). "Sur une espèce nouvelle à ajoutter [sic] à la faune erpètologique [sic] de St. Thomé et Rolas ". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Series 2, 2: 61-62. (Typhlops newtoni, new species). (in French).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops newtonii, p. 55).
- 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". Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. (Letheobia newtoni, new combination).