Rena dissecta

Rena dissecta, also known as New Mexico blind snake or New Mexico threadsnake,[3] is a harmless species of blind snake found in the Southwest and southern United States and northern Mexico.[4]

Rena dissecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Rena
Species:
R. dissecta
Binomial name
Rena dissecta
(Cope, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Glauconia dissecta - Cope, 1896
  • Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus - Klauber, 1940
  • Leptotyphlops myopicus dissectus - H.M. Smith & Sanders, 1952[2]

Geographic range

The New Mexico blind snake is found in the southern United States primarily in the state of New Mexico, but its range extends to southern Colorado, western Texas, western Oklahoma, eastern Arizona and south into northern Mexico.

Taxonomy

It has been treated as both a species and a subspecies.[3][4] Recent research has once again considered it its own species, due to distinct morphological characteristics.

References
  1. Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. Rena dissecta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64056A12740686. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64056A12740686.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
  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. "Leptotyphlops dulcis dissectus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  4. Rena dissecta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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