Zenker's worm snake
| Zenker's worm 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. zenkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia zenkeri Sternfeld, 1908
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Zenker's worm snake (Letheobia zenkeri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][1] The species is native to Central Africa.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, zenkeri, is in honor of German botanist Georg August Zenker.[4]
Geographic range[edit]
L. zenkeri is endemic to Cameroon.[1]
Description[edit]
L. zenkeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 12–13.5 centimetres (4.7–5.3 in). It has 18 scales around the body, and is "colourless" (farblos, in German).[5][6]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Letheobia zenkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Typhlops zenkeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ^ 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. (Typhlops zenkeri, p. 293).
- ^ Sternfeld (1908).
- ^ Boulenger (1914).
Further reading[edit]
- Boulenger GA (1914). "Descriptions of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 14: 482–485. (Typhlops vermis, new species, pp. 482–483).
- Chirio, Laurent; Lebreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (Rhinotyphlos zenkeri, new combination). (in French).
- Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia zenkeri, new combination, p. 30).
- Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Typhlops zenkeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).