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Rena (snake)

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Rena
Rena humilis, western threadsnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Rena
Baird & Girard, 1853

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

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The genus Rena contains the following species, which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rena.

Etymologies

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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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  1. ^ Genus Rena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Species Rena dugesii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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. (Leptotyphlops dulcis iversoni, p. 131).

Further reading

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  • 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).