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Rena boettgeri (WERNER, 1899)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cerralvo Island Threadsnake
S: Culebrilla Ciega de Isla Cerralvo 
SynonymGlauconia Boettgeri WERNER 1899: 116
Leptotyphlops humilis boettgeri — SMITH & LARSEN 1974: 93
Rena boettgeri — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Rena boettgeri — FLORES-VILLELA et al. 2022 
DistributionMexico (Baja California)

Type locality: given as “?” by WERNER 1899. Restricted to "La Paz, Baja California, Mexico" by Smith and Larsen, 1974.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: NMW 15455. 
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CommentSynonymy: This species has been synonymized with Rena (= Leptotyphlops) humilis (e.g. by WALLACH et al. 2014: 632). 
EtymologyNamed after Oskar Boettger (1844-1910), herpetologist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main. 
References
  • 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Hahn D E 1979. Leptotyphlops humilis (Baird and Girard). Western blind snake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (232): 1-4 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142
  • Smith, H. M.; Larsen, K. R. 1974. The name of the Baja California cape wormsnake. Great Basin Naturalist 34 (2): 94-96 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1899. Beschreibungen einiger neuer Schlangen und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 22: 114-117 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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