| Higher Taxa | Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Feeble gracile blind-snake |
| Synonym | Rhinotyphlops debilis JOGER 1990
Rhinotyphlops debilis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 79
Letheobia debilis — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2000
Letheobia debilis — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Letheobia debilis — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 50
Letheobia debilis — HEDGES et al. 2014
Letheobia debilis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 379 |
| Distribution | Central African Republic, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), elevation 450–800 m.
Type locality: near Bangui, Central African Republic (04°23’N, 18°33’E, elevation 450 m).
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 33684, collected by N. Degallier and J.-P. Hervé. |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (549 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Habitat: Lowland rain forest. |
| References |
- Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
- Broadley, D.G. & Van Wallach 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 49 (2): 165-168 - get paper here
- Broadley, Donald G. & 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 - get paper here
- Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
- Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - get paper here
- Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
- Joger, U. 1990. The herpetofauna of the Central African Republic, with description of a new species of Rhinotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). in: PETERS & HUTTERER: Vertebrates in the Tropics: 85-102 [1991]
- McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
- Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
- Wallach, V. & Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 31 (1/2): 27 - 46 - get paper here
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