Letheobia rufescens (CHABANAUD, 1916)

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Higher Taxa	Typhlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Oubangui gracile blind-snake, Haut-Oubangui Beaked Snake
Synonym	Typhlops rufescens CHABANAUD 1916: 365 Typhlops vryjdaghi LAURENT 1956: 249 Typhlops rufescens — PERRET 1961 Typhlops vrijdaghi ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974: 230 (misspelling) Rhinotyphlops rufescens — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974 Rhinotyphlops rufescens — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 83 Letheobia rufescens — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2000 Letheobia rufescens — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006 Letheobia rufescens —BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 49 Letheobia rufescens — HEDGES et al. 2014 Letheobia rufescens — WALLACH et al. 2014: 381
Distribution	Central African Republic, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Type locality: Type locality: Congo français [= Haut-Oubangui, Central African Republic].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1916.0262, collected by J. Rouchet de Chazotte, 1908
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Comment	Habitat: Lowland rain forest.
Etymology	The name is derived from the Latin adjective rufescens (becoming red).
References	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 Chabanaud, P. 1916. Enumération des Ophidiens non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum avec le description des espèces et des variétés nouvelles. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 22: 362-382 - get paper here Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157. 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 JACOBSEN, N.H.G. 2009. A contribution to the herpetofauna of the Passendro Area, Central African Republic. African Herp News (47): 2-20 - get paper here Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpetologiques africaines I. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 52 (3-4): 229-256 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133-138 Roux-Estève, R. 1974. Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes. Mém. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (sér.A.) 87: 1-313 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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