Rena dulcis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scolecophidia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia

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

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]”.

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]

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. 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