Letheobia episcopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Letheobia episcopus (Franzen & Wallach, 2002)

Holotype: ZFMK 74224, ♀, collected by W. Bischoff on 8 April 2000.
Type locality: “3 km north of Halfeti (37°16’N, 37°51’E) on road to Savasan Köyü, upper slopes of Euphrates River Valley, Sanliurfa Province, southeastern Turkey, about 500 m above sea level”.

Rhinotyphlops episcopus Franzen & Wallach, 2002: 177 [original combination]
Letheobia episcopus — Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014: 30 [subsequent combination]

Franzen, M. & Wallach, V. 2002. A new Rhinotyphlops from southeastern Turkey (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 176–184. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0176:ANRFST]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
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. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Uğur Kaya, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu. 2009. IUCN: Letheobia episcopus (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164740A5922098. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164740A5922098.en. Accessed on 14 October 2025.