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Letheobia feae (BOULENGER, 1906)

IUCN Red List - Letheobia feae - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: St. Thomas Beaked Snake 
SynonymTyphlops feae BOULENGER 1906: 209
Typhlops principis BOULENGER 1906: 209
Rhinotyphlopsfeae — ROUX-ESTÈVE 1974: 202
Rhinotyphlops feae — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 80
Letheobia feae — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007
Letheobia feae — HEDGES et al. 2014
Letheobia feae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 380
Letheobia feae — CERÍACO et al. 2023 
DistributionSao Tome I, Principe I ? (Gulf of Guinea).

Type locality: Vista Alegre, San Thomé, 200-300 m elevation.

principis: Type locality: Roca Inf. D. Henrique, Prince’s Island, 100-300 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 28871
Holotype: MSNG 28876 [principis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1440 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot on Principé according to HOFER (2002). 
EtymologyNamed after Leonardo Fea, naturalist in Genoa. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - 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
  • Ceríaco, L. M. P., Marques, M. P., de Sousa, A. C. A., Veríssimo, J., Beja, P., & Ferreira, S. 2023. Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). ZooKeys 1168: 41-75
  • 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
  • Franzen, M. & V. Wallach 2002. A new Rhinotyphlops from southeastern Turkey (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 176-184 - 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
  • Hofer, D. 2002. The São Tomé and Principé Handbook. D. Hofer Verlag, Bern, 152 pp.
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Pollo, César J. 2017. Guide of Amphibians and Reptiles of São Tomé and Príncipe. Smashwords / César J. Pollo, 156 pp. - get paper here
  • Roux-Estève, R. 1974. Révision systématique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique. Reptilia. Serpentes. Mém. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (sér.A.) 87: 1-313
  • 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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