Rena (snake)
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Rena is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to the New World. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species
The genus Rena contains the following species, which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Rena boettgeri (F. Werner, 1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Rena bressoni (Taylor, 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Michoacán slender blind snake
- Rena dugesii (Bocourt, 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dugès's threadsnake
- Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Texas blind snake
- Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western threadsnake
- Rena iversoni (H.M. Smith, van Breukelen, Auth & Chiszar, 1998)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Rena klauberi Flores-Villela, E.N. Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Rena maxima (Loveridge, 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – giant blind snake
- Rena segrega (Klauber, 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Trans-Pecos blind snake
- Rena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern blind snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rena.
Etymologies
The specific name, dugesii, is in honor of Mexican zoologist Alfredo Dugès.[2]
The specific name, iversoni, is in honor of American herpetologist John B. Iverson.[3]
References
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- ↑ Genus Rena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Species Rena dugesii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Leptotyphlops dulcis iversoni, p. 131).
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Further reading
- Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Rena, new genus, p. 142; Rena dulcis, new species, pp. 142–143; Rena humilis, new species, p. 143).