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Letheobia zenkeri (STERNFELD, 1908)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zenker's Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops zenkeri STERNFELD 1908: 92
Typhlops vermis BOULENGER 1914: 482
Typhlops vermis — LEBRETON 1999
Typhlops zenkeri — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 125
Rhinotyphlops zenkeri — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007
Letheobia zenkeri — HEDGES et al. 2014
Typhlops zenkeri — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Typhlops zenkeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 774
Afrotyphlops zenkeri — TRAPE 2023: 760 
DistributionCameroon.

Type locality: “Kribi,Cameroon” (STERNFELD 1908)
Type locality: “Bitye,Cameroon” (BOULENGER 1914)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 11091 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1205 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentGenetically there is no evidence for zenkeri being in Typhlops (B. Hedges, pers. comm., 2 Dec 2016). 
EtymologyNamed after Georg August Zenker (1855-1922), a German botanist, ornithologist, and gardener who collected in Central Africa from ca. 1895. He had significant landholding around Bipindi. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, GEORGE A. 1914. Descriptions of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 14 (84): 482-485. - 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, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • 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
  • LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp.
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here
  • Sternfeld, R. 1908. Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen. S. Ber. Ges. naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 4: 92-95 - get paper here
  • 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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