Letheobia akagerae

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 akagerae

Name

• Letheobia akagerae Dehling, Hinkel, Ensikat, Babilon & Fischer, 2018: 482

Holotype: ZFMK 100862, adult indet., collected by construction workers, preserved by Kenny Babilon on 8 July 2012.

Type locality: “Rwanda, Akagera National Park, Ruzizi Tented Lodge (1°54'24.90"S, 30°42'58.42"E; approx. 1290 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Dehling, J.M., Hinkel, H.H., Ensikat, H-J., Babilon, K. & Fischer, E. 2018. A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology. Zootaxa 4378(4): 480–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.4.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Letheobia akagerae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 January 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Akagera Gracile Blind Snake