Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Typhlopidae Africa Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Letheobia Biodiversity of the family Typhlopidae Bibliography of the genus Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Letheobia in general Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. Wallach, V. 2005. Letheobia pauwelsi, a new species of Blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54(1): 85-91. Letheobia akagerae Dehling, J.M.; Hinkel, H.; Ensikat, H.J.; Babilon, K.; Fischer, E. 2018. A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology. Zootaxa 4378(4): 480–490. Letheobia caeca Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Witte, G.F. de 1961. Rectification a la note "Description d'une sous-espèce nouvelle du genre Typhlops". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 84: 282. Letheobia crossii Trape, J.F.; Segniagbeto, G.H. 2008. Geographic distribution: Letheobia crossi (Crosse's Blind Snake). Togo: Central Region. Herpetological Review 39(4): 485. Letheobia debilis Joger, U. 1990. The herpetofauna of the Central African Republic, with description of a new species of Rhinotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). pp. 85-102. In: Peters, G. & Hütterer, R. (eds.). Vertebrates in the Tropics. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Vertebrate Biogeography and Systematics in the Tropics, Bonn, June 5-8, 1989. Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Institute and Zoological Museum, Bonn. 424 pp. Letheobia episcopa Franzen, M.; Wallach, V. 2002. A new Rhinotyphlops from southeastern Turkey (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 176-184. Göcmen, B.; Franzen, M.; Yildiz, M.Z.; Akman, B.; Yalcinkaya, D. 2009. New locality records of eremial snake species in southeastern Turkey (Ophidia: Colubridae, Elapidae, Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae). Salamandra 45(2): 110-114. Letheobia erythraea Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91. Letheobia gracilis Dehling, J.M.; Hinkel, H.; Ensikat, H.J.; Babilon, K.; Fischer, E. 2018. A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology. Zootaxa 4378(4): 480–490. Letheobia graueri Dehling, J.M.; Hinkel, H.; Ensikat, H.J.; Babilon, K.; Fischer, E. 2018. A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology. Zootaxa 4378(4): 480–490. Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Letheobia jubana Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Letheobia largeni Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Letheobia lumbriciformis Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314. Letheobia mbeerensis Malonza, P.K.; Bauer, A.M.; Ngwava, J.M. 2016. A new species of Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from central Kenya. Zootaxa 4093(1): 143-150. Letheobia pauwelsi Wallach, V. 2005. Letheobia pauwelsi, a new species of Blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54(1): 85-91. Letheobia pembana Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Letheobia praeocularis Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Mocquard, F. 1905. Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de reptiles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 11: 76-79. Rasmussen, J.B. 1997. Geographic distribution: Rhinotyphlops praeocularis. Herpetological Review 28(3): 160. Letheobia rufescens Chabanaud, P. 1917. Enumeration des ophidiens non encore etudies de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux collections du Museum, avec la description des espèces et des varietes nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1916: 362-383. Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Letheobia somalica Mocquard, F. 1905. Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de reptiles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 11: 76-79. Necas, P. 1995. Preliminary results of the herpetological expedition "ETHIOPIA'92". pp. 335-336. In: Llorente, G.A.; Montori, A.; Santos, X. & Carretero, M.A. (eds.). Scientia Herpetologica: papers submitted from the 7th Ordinary General Meeting of Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Barcelona, September 15-19, 1993. Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola, Barcelona. 385 pp. Necas, P. 1997. Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58-65. Letheobia stejnegeri Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Loveridge, A. 1931. A new snake of the genus Typhlops from the Belgian Congo. Copeia 1981: 92-93. Witte, G.F. de 1933. Description d'un Typhlops nouveau du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 24(1): 104-105. Letheobia sudanensis Essex, R. 1928. A note on three burrowing reptiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 1: 268-270. Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256. Letheobia swahilica Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Letheobia toritensis Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2007. A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. Letheobia uluguruensis Gower, D.J.; Loader, S.P.; Wilkinson, M. 2004. Assessing the conservation status of soil-dwelling vertebrates: insights from the rediscovery of Typhlops uluguruensis (Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 2(1): 79-82. Letheobia weidholzi Wallach, V.; Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the Republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus. Herpetozoa 31(1-2): 27-46.