Leptotyphlops scutifrons: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Leptotyphlopidae
- Genus
- Leptotyphlops
- Species
- Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Scientific Name
- Leptotyphlops scutifrons
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Peters's threadsnake
Peters's threadsnake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. It is widely distributed in Southern Africa. Following the recognition of its former subspecies, Leptotyphlops pitmani and Leptotyphlops merkeri, as full species, L. scutifrons is no longer thought to occur in East Africa. The limits of its range are still unclear, but it is thought to be present in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, and western Lesotho.
...Leptotyphlops scutifrons in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Peters se Erdslangetjie
- Afrikaans
- Glansende Erdslangetjie
- English
- Peter's Thread Snake
- English
- Peters' Worm Snake
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Leptotyphlops aethiopicus
- Leptotyphlops conjunctus
- Leptotyphlops distanti
- Leptotyphlops emini
- Leptotyphlops howelli
- Leptotyphlops incognitus
- Leptotyphlops jacobseni
- Leptotyphlops kafubi
- Leptotyphlops keniensis
- Leptotyphlops latirostris
- Leptotyphlops macrops
- Leptotyphlops mbanjensis
- Leptotyphlops merkeri
- Leptotyphlops nigricans
- Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
- Leptotyphlops pembae
- Leptotyphlops pitmani
- Leptotyphlops pungwensis
- Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
- Leptotyphlops telloi































































































