Letheobia newtoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Letheobia |
Species: | L. newtoni
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Binomial name | |
Letheobia newtoni (
Bocage, 1890)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [2] [3]
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. [4] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909). [5]
The holotype of L. 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. [6]
Letheobia newtoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Letheobia |
Species: | L. newtoni
|
Binomial name | |
Letheobia newtoni (
Bocage, 1890)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [2] [3]
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. [4] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909). [5]
The holotype of L. 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. [6]