St. Thomas beaked snake
| 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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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.
Etymology
The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[2][5]
Geographic range
L. feae is found on the island of São Tomé in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. feae is forest, at altitudes of 200–300 m (660–980 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[1]
Behavior
L. feae is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- 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
- 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)