Michoacán slender blind snake explained

The Michoacán slender blind snake (Rena bressoni), also known commonly as la culebrilla ciega de Michoacán in Spanish, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Michoacán, Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, bressoni, is in honor of Julio Raymond Bresson, who collected the type specimen.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. bressoni is forest.

Behavior

R. bressoni is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

R. bressoni is oviparous.

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. (Rena bressoni, new combination).
• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 1. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. .
• Taylor EH (1939). "On North American Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops ". Copeia 1939 (1): 1–7. (Leptotyphlops bressoni, new species).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
2. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]