Letheobia decorosus

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: Typhlopidae
Subfamilia: Afrotyphlopinae
Genus: Letheobia
Species: Letheobia decorosus

Name

Letheobia decorosus (Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1875)

Holotype: ZMB 8322.

Type locality: “Cameruns [=Cameroon]”.

Combinations

• Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) decorosus Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1875: 197 [original combination]
• Letheobia decorosa — Broadley & Wallach, 2000 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über die Hrn. Professor Dr. R. Buchholz in Westafrika gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 196–212. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Letheobia decorosus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cameroon Worm Snake