Rena dulcis

Rena dulcis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Rena
Species: Rena dulcis
Subspecies (2): R. d. dulcis – R. d. rubella

Name

Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853

• Holotype: USNM 7296, ♂, collected by J.H. Clark [U.S.-Mex. Boundary Survey] between 1850–1852, via J.D. Graham.
• Type locality: “between San Pedro and Camanche [=Comanche] Springs, Tex. [=Texas]”.

Combinations

• Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853: 142 [original combination]
• Stenostoma dulce — Cope, 1861: 305 [subsequent combination]
• Leptotyphlops dulcis — Stejneger, 1891: 501 [subsequent combination]
• Glauconia dulcis — Cope, 1892: 590 [subsequent combination]
• Rena dulcis — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trapp, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 11 [subsequent combination, restaure to original genus]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rena dulcis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Rena dulcis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64057A12740793. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64057A12740793.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Texas-Schlankblindschlange
English: Texas Blind Snake
español: Culebrilla ciega texana

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