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Eritrean blind snake

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Eritrean blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. erythraea
Binomial name
Letheobia erythraea
(Scortecci, 1929)
Synonyms[3]
  • Typhlops erythraeus Scortecci, 1929
  • Rhinotyphlops erythraeus
    – McDiarmid et al., 1999[2]
  • Letheobia erythraea
    – Largen & Spawls, 2010

The Eritrean blind snake (Letheobia erythraea) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.[3] It is endemic to Eritrea.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Spawls, S. (2021). "Letheobia erythraea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178500A21410228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178500A21410228.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b c Letheobia erythraea at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2018.

Further reading

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  • Scortecci, G. 1928 (1929). Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67(3-4):290-339.