Rena humilis
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| Western threadsnake | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Rena |
| Species: | R. humilis
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Rena humilis, known commonly as the western blind snake, the western slender blind snake, or the western threadsnake,
Description
Rena humilis, like most species in the family Leptotyphlopidae, resembles a long
On the top of the head, between the ocular scales, L. humilis has only one scale (
Common names
Common names for R. humilis include western slender blind snake, western threadsnake,[4] and western blind snake.
Geographic range
R. humilis is found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the US it ranges from southwestern and Trans-Pecos Texas west through southern and central Arizona, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and southern California. In Mexico its distribution includes the Mexican states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí.
The
Habitat and diet
Rena humilis lives underground, sometimes as deep as 20 metres (66 ft), and is known to invade
is loose enough to work.Subspecies
| Subspecies[4] | Authority[4] | Common name[4] | Geographic range |
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| R. h. cahuilae | Klauber, 1931 | Desert blind snake | |
| R. h. humilis | (Baird & Girard, 1853) | Southwestern blind snake | |
| R. h. levitoni | Murphy, 1975 | ||
| R. h. lindsayi | Murphy, 1975 | ||
| R. h. tenuiculus | (Garman, 1884) | ||
| R. h. utahensis | V.Tanner, 1938 | Utah blind snake |
References
- Frost DR, Santos-Barrera G (2007). "Rena humilis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64058A12740895. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64058A12740895.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ^ "Rena humilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c d e f "Leptotyphlops humilis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- doi:10.2307/3670106
- ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 136-137).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50.
- Baird SF, Girard CF (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 humilis, new species, p. 143).
- ISBN 0-394-50824-6. (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 584–585 + Plate 457).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia humilis, pp. 70–71).
- ISBN 0-395-19977-8(paperback). (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 137–138, Figure 31 + Map 121).
- Klauber LM (1940). "The Worm Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops in the United States and northern Mexico". Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 87-162.
- ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Rena humilis, pp. 361–363, Figure 172).
- Davis DD(1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 94–95).
- ISBN 0-395-98272-3. (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 340–341 + Plate 42 + Map 128).
- Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Siagonodon humilis, p. 73).
- Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Leptotyphlops humilis, pp. 43–50, Figure 12 + Map 7 on p. 39).
External links
- Rena humilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 08 December 2013.
- iNaturalist page
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