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Rena unguirostris (BOULENGER, 1902)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern Blind Snake 
SynonymGlauconia unguirostris BOULENGER 1902: 338
Leptotyphlops unguirostris — LAURENT 1984: 29
Leptotyphlops unguirostris — CEI 1993
Leptotyphlops unguirostris — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 11
Leptotyphlops unguirostris — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 45
Rena unguirostris — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Siagonodon unguirostris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 666
Rena unguirostris — CACCIALI et al. 2016 
DistributionArgentina (San Juan to Santiago del Estero, Rio Negro), S Paraguay, Bolivia

Type locality: Cruz del Eje, Cordoba, Argentina.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.52. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1221 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin unguis, nail, claw, talon and Latin rostris, beack, snout. [“...Snout prominent~ hooked, with sharp horizontal edge...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Abalos, J.W., Baez, E.C., & Nader, R. 1964. Serpientes de Santiago del Estero. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 20: 211-283
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1902. List of the fishes, batrachians, and reptiles collected by the late Mr. P. O. Simons in the Provinces of Mendoza and Cordova, Argentina. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 9 (53): 336-339 - get paper here
  • Cacciali, Pier and Francisco Brusquetti 2005. Geographic Distribution: Leptotyphlops unguirostris. Herpetological Review 36 (2):203. - get paper here
  • Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R.T. 2012. A review of the extant scolecophidians (“blindsnakes”) including the formal naming and diagnosis of new tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies for divergent taxa. Australasian J. Herpetol. 15: 1–64. - get paper here
  • Kacoliris F.P.; Berkunsky I. & Williams J. 2006. Herpetofauna of Impenetrable, Argentinean Great Chaco. Phyllomedusa 5 (2): 149-158 - get paper here
  • Kretzschmar S. 1996. New data on Leptotyphlops unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902) (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) [in Spanish]. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 43 (2): 275-279
  • Laurent R F 1984. El genero Leptotyphlops en la coleccion de la Fundacion Miguel Lillo. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (1): 29-34
  • Leynaud, Gerardo C. and Enrique H. Bucher 1999. La fauna de serpientes del Chaco Sudamericano: diversidad, distribución geografica y estado de conservación. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Miscelanea (98):1-46
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Passos, Paulo; Caramaschi, Ulisses; Pinto, Roberta R. 2006. Redescription of Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1954, and description of a new species of the Leptotyphlops dulcis group from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (3): 347-357 - get paper here
  • Scrocchi, G.J.; Moreta, J.C. & Kretzschmar, S. 2006. Serpientes del Noroeste Argento [Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero]. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, 178 pp.
  • Scrocchi, Gustavo J.; Cristian S. Abdala,Javier Nori, Hussam Zaher 2010. Reptiles de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. Fondo Ed. Rionegrino, 249 pp.
  • Serie, P. 1921. An. Soc. Cient. Argentina, Buenos Aires, 92: 148.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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