Rena humilis

"Western threadsnake" redirects here. For another species known by this name, see Namibiana occidentalis.

Rena humilis
Western threadsnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Rena
Species:
R. humilis
Binomial name
Rena humilis
Baird & Girard, 1853
Synonyms
  • Rena humilis
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Stenostoma humile
    — Cope, 1875
  • Rena humilis
    — Cope, 1887
  • Glauconia humilis
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Siagonodon humilis
    — Van Denburgh, 1897
  • Leptotyphlops humilis
    — Ruthven, 1907
  • L[eptotyphlops]. h[umilis]. humilis
    — Klauber, 1931
  • Leptotyphlops humilis humilis
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Leptotyphlops chumilis
    Rhodes, 1966 (ex errore)[2]
  • Rena humilis
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009[3]

Rena humilis, known commonly as the western blind snake, the western slender blind snake, or the western threadsnake,[4] is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]

  1. ^ Hammerson GA, 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.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ "Rena humilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ a b "Leptotyphlops humilis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2007.