Leptotyphlops distanti

Leptotyphlops distanti
Leptotyphlops distanti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species:
L. distanti
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops distanti
(Boulenger, 1892)
Distant's thread snake range (in green)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia distanti
    Boulenger, 1892
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    Parker, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops conjuncta distanti
    Bogert, 1940
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Leptotyphlops distanti, also known commonly as Distant's thread snake or Distant's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to Southern Africa.[5]

  1. ^ Alexander, G.J. (2018). "Leptotyphlops distanti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T44979746A115671151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44979746A115671151.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Leptotyphlops distanti 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. ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 57 + Plate 40).

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