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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, W Tanzania, W Uganda.
Type locality: Urwald hinter den Randbergen am Nordwestufer des [Lake] Tanganyika [= Democratic Republic of Congo]; Virgin forest behind boundary mountains on northwest of Lake Tanganyika, Zaire.

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Letheobia graueri

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Letheobia graueri, also known as the Lake Tanganyika gracile blind snake, Grauer's gracile blind snake,^[5] Sternfeld's beaked snake, Grauer's blind snake,^[6] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Middle and East Africa.^[4]

Etymology

The specific name, graueri, is in honor of Rudolf Grauer, an Austrian zoologist and explorer.^[6]

Geographic range

It is found in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and western Uganda.^[4]

References

^ Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Letheobia graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178733A46181990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178733A46181990.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ 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).
^ "Rhinotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Letheobia graueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
^ Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell; Harald Hinkel & Michele Menegon (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-4729-4309-5.
^ ^a ^b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinotyphlops graueri, p. 106).

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Letheobia graueri: Brief Summary