Letheobia newtoni

Letheobia newtoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. newtoni
Binomial name
Letheobia newtoni
(Bocage, 1890)
Synonyms[2]

Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. F. Newton", who collected the type specimen on Ilhéu das Rolas in the Gulf of Guinea.[5] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909).[6]

Description

The holotype of Letheobia newtoni is 40 cm (16 in) in total length, which includes a tail 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The body is slender, the diameter not exceeding 8 mm (0.31 in). The scales are in 28 rows around the body. Dorsally and ventrally, it is uniformly yellowish white.[7]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Letheobia newtoni is forest, at elevations of 10–1,000 m (33–3,281 ft).[1]

Behavior

Letheobia newtoni is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

Letheobia newtoni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Letheobia newtoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22476625A22476630.en. Accessed on 08 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Species Letheobia newtoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ^ Bocage (1890).
  6. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops newtonii, p. 189).
  7. ^ Boulenger (1893).

Further reading

  • Angel, F. (1920). "Sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens de l'île de San Thomé et de l'île du Prince et description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Typhlops". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 26: 197–199. (Typhlops naveli, new species, pp. 197–199, Figures 1–3, three views of head). (in French).
  • Bocage, JV Barboza du (1890). "Sur une espèce nouvelle à ajoutter [sic] à la faune erpètologique [sic] de St. Thomé et Rolas ". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Series 2, 2: 61–62. (Typhlops newtoni, new species). (in French).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Typhlops newtonii, p. 55).
  • Broadley DG, Wallach V (2007). "A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species". Zootaxa 1515: 31–68. (Letheobia newtoni, new combination).


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