Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: June 24th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Leptotyphlops
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Typical Thread Snakes, (African Thread Snakes)
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Eigentliche Fadenschlangen
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Egentlige Trådslanger
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1843 |  |
Leptotyphlops Fitzinger (type species: Typhlops nigricans Schlegel 1839) |
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1845 | |
Glauconia Gray (type species: Typhlops nigricans Schlegel 1839; syn. Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009) |
Contents:
23 species, of which 7 (30.4%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
See under family.
Previously included
Habrophallos collaris.
Distribution:
E. & S. Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Botswana,
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[incl.
Benguerua,
Santa Carolina]),
Namibia,
Rwanda,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Pemba),
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Leptotyphlops aethiopicus
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Ethiopian Thread Snake
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Gewöhnliche Äthiopische Fadenschlange
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Almindelig Etiopisk Trådslange
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2007 | |
Leptotyphlops aethiopicus Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Kenya.
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Leptotyphlops conjunctus
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Cape Thread Snake, Common Thread Snake, Eastern Thread Snake, (Jan's All-black Thread Snake, Jan's Thread Snake)
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Kap-Fadenschlange
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Kap-trådslange
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1861 | |
Stenostoma conjunctum Jan |
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Glauconia conjuncta Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops conjunctus Loveridge 1933 |
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons conjunctus Broadley & Broadley 1999 |
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1876 | |
Stenostoma groutii Cope (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Lesotho, South Africa and Eswatini (Broadley & Broadley 1999).
Previously included incognitus and lepezi.
Regarded as a subspecies of scutifrons by Broadley & Broadley (1999).
Revalidated as a separate species by Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges (2009).
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Lesotho,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga).
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Leptotyphlops distanti
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Transvaal Thread Snake, (Distant's Thread Snake)
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Transvaal-Fadenschlange
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Transvaal-trådslange
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1892 | |
Glauconia distanti Boulenger |
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Leptotyphlops distanti Loveridge 1929 |
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Leptotyphlops conjuncta distanti Bogert 1940 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Broadley & Watson (1976).
Distribution:
Mozambique,
South Africa
(Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province).
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Leptotyphlops emini
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Karagwe Thread Snake, (Emin Pasha's Thread Snake, Emin's Thread Snake)
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Karagwe-Fadenschlange
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Karagwe-trådslange
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1890 | |
Glauconia emini Boulenger |
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Stenostoma emini Tornier 1896 |
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Leptotyphlops emini Loveridge 1933 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of nigricans (e.g., Broadley & Watson 1976).
Revalidated by Meirte (1992) and Broadley & Wallach (1996).
Previously included pembae (e.g., McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999).
Records from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zaire (e.g., Broadley 1998; Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002) refer to other species (see Broadley & Wallach 2007).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Rwanda,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Leptotyphlops howelli
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Mchungu Forest Thread Snake, (Howell's Thread Snake)
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Mchungu-Fadenschlange
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Mchungu-trådslange
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Leptotyphlops howelli Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops incognitus
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Incognito Thread Snake
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Inkognito-Fadenschlange
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Inkognito-trådslange
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1976 | |
Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus Broadley & Watson |
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Leptotyphlops incognitus Broadley & Broadley 1999 |
Remarks:
Old records from Namibia are now assigned to scutifrons (Broadley & Broadley 1999), however, the species may be present in eastern Caprivi (Griffin 2003).
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[incl.
Benguerua,
Santa Carolina]),
South Africa
(Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province),
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Leptotyphlops jacobseni
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Lydenburg Thread Snake, (Jacobsen's Thread Snake)
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Lydenburg-Fadenschlange
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Lydenburg-trådslange
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1999 | |
Leptotyphlops jacobseni Broadley & Broadley |
Distribution:
South Africa
(Limpopo,
Mpumalanga).
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Leptotyphlops kafubi
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Shaba Thread Snake, Katanga Thread Snake
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Shaba-Fadenschlange
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Shaba-trådslange
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1919 | |
Glauconia kafubi Boulenger |
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Leptotyphlops kafubi Broadley & Broadley 1999 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of nigricans by Broadley & Watson (1976). Revalidated by Broadley & Broadley (1999).
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Zambia.
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Leptotyphlops keniensis
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Mount Kenya Thread Snake
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Mount-Kenya-Fadenschlange
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Mount Kenya-trådslange
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2007 | |
Leptotyphlops keniensis Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops latirostris
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Uvira Thread Snake
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Uvira-Fadenschlange
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Uvira-trådslange
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1912 | |
Glauconia latirostris Sternfeld |
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Leptotyphlops conjunctus latirostris Laurent 1956 |
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Leptotyphlops latirostris Broadley & Wallach 2007 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of conjunctus (e.g., Hahn 1980). Revalidated by Broadley & Wallach (2007).
Distribution:
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Leptotyphlops lepezi
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Zambi Thread Snake
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Zambi-Fadenschlange
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Zambi-trådslange
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Glauconia lepezi Boulenger |
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Leptotyphlops conjunctus lepezi Laurent 1956 |
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Leptotyphlops lepezi Broadley 1998 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of conjunctus (e.g., Hahn 1980).
Treated as a separate species herein, following Broadley (1998) and Trape (2023).
Hahn's (1980) record from Zambia is regarded as erroneous, probably based on confusion with the type locality, Zambi, Congo-Kinshasa.
The species was not listed for Zambia by Pietersen, Verburght & Davies (2021).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Leptotyphlops macrops
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Large-eyed Thread Snake, Goggle-eyed Thread Snake
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Grossaugen-Fadenschlange
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Storøjet Trådslange
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Leptotyphlops macrops Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops mbanjensis
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Mbanja Thread Snake
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Mbanja-Fadenschlange
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Mbanja-trådslange
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Leptotyphlops mbanjensis Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops merkeri
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Mount Kilimanjaro Thread Snake, (Merker's Thread Snake)
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Kilimanjaro-Fadenschlange
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Kilimanjaro-trådslange
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1909 | |
Glauconia merkeri Werner |
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons merkeri Broadley & Watson 1976 |
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Leptotyphlops merkeri Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges (2009). Still listed as a synonym of scutifrons by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops monticolus
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Virunga Thread Snake
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Virunga-Fadenschlange
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Virunga-trådslange
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Glauconia monticola Chabanaud |
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Leptotyphlops monticolus Witte 1941 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of nigricans (e.g., Hahn 1980) or of emini (e.g., Broadley & Howell 1991). Revalidated by Broadley & Wallach (2007).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Rwanda.
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Leptotyphlops nigricans
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South African Black Thread Snake, (Cape Worm Snake)
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Südafrikanische Schwarze Fadenschlange
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Sydafrikansk Sort Trådslange
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1839 | |
Typhlops nigricans Schlegel |
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Leptotyphlops nigricans Fitzinger 1843 |
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Stenostoma nigricans Duméril & Bibron 1844 |
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Glauconia nigricans Gray 1845 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to South Africa (Broadley & Broadley 1999; Broadley & Wallach 2007; Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009). Previously included populations now assigned to aethiopicus, emini, howelli, kafubi, keniensis, macrops, monticolus, mbanjensis, and pembae.
Distribution:
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
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Black-tipped Thread Snake
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Schwarzspitzige Fadenschlange
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Sorttippet Trådslange
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Leptotyphlops nigroterminus Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Leptotyphlops pembae
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Pemba Thread Snake
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Pemba-Fadenschlange
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Pemba-trådslange
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1941 | |
Leptotyphlops emini pembae Loveridge |
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Leptotyphlops nigricans pembae Broadley & Watson 1976 |
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Leptotyphlops pembae Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 |
Distribution:
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Pemba).
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Leptotyphlops pitmani
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Uganda Thread Snake, (Pitman's Thread Snake)
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Ugandische Fadenschlange
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Uganda-trådslange
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons pitmani Broadley & Wallach |
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Leptotyphlops pitmani Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges (2009). Still listed as a synonym of scutifrons by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution:
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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Leptotyphlops pungwensis
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Pungwe Thread Snake
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Pungwe-Fadenschlange
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Pungwe-trådslange
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1997 | |
Leptotyphlops pungwensis Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
Mozambique.
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons
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Zambezi Thread Snake, (Peter's Thread Snake)
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Zambezi-Fadenschlange
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Zambezi-trådslange
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1854 | |
Stenostoma scutifrons Peters |
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Glauconia scutifrons Boulenger 1890 |
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Leptotyphlops scutifrons Fitzsimons 1935 |
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1924 | |
Glauconia okahandjana Ahl (Hahn 1980) |
Remarks:
Previously included merkeri and pitmani, and
Namibiana latifrons.
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Eswatini,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape),
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
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Southern Forest Thread Snake, Forest Thread Snake
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Südliche Wald-Fadenschlange
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Sydlig Skov-trådslange
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1997 | |
Leptotyphlops sylvicolus Broadley & Wallach |
Distribution:
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal).
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Leptotyphlops telloi
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Maputo Thread Snake, (Tello's Thread Snake)
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Maputo-Fadenschlange
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Maputo-trådslange
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1976 | |
Leptotyphlops telloi Broadley & Watson |
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Mozambique.
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