Leptotyphlops distanti

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

Leptotyphlops distanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Leptotyphlops
Species:
L. distanti
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops distanti
(Boulenger, 1892)
Synonyms[2]
  • Glauconia distanti
    Boulenger, 1892
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    — Parker, 1936
  • Leptotyphlops conjuncta distanti
    — Bogert, 1940
  • Leptotyphlops distanti
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999

Etymology

The specific name, distanti, is in honor of English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[6]

Geographic range

L. distanti is found in southern Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.[2]

Description

Dorsally, L. distanti is gray-black. Ventrally, it is paler. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 22 cm (8.7 in).[5]

References
  1. Alexander, G.J. 2017. Leptotyphlops distanti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44979746A110326056. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T44979746A110326056.en. Downloaded on 29 July 2018.
  2. "Leptotyphlops distanti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
  6. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops distanti, p. 73).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1892). "Reptilia and Batrachia". pp. 174–176. In: Distant WL (1892). A Naturalist in the Transvaal. London: R.H. Porter. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 277 pp. + Plates I-III. (Glauconia distanti, new species, pp. 175–176, three line drawings).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia distanti, p. 62).
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