Letheobia newtoni explained

Letheobia newtoni is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, newtoni, is in honor of "M[onsieur]. F. Newton", who collected the type specimen on Ilhéu das Rolas in the Gulf of Guinea.^[2] "F. Newton" refers to Portuguese botanist Colonel Francesco Newton (1864–1909).^[3]

Description

The holotype of L. newtoni is 40cm (20inches) in total length, which includes a tail 6mm long. The body is slender, the diameter not exceeding 8mm. The scales are in 28 rows around the body. Dorsally and ventrally, it is uniformly yellowish white.^[4]

Reproduction

L. newtoni is oviparous.

Further reading

• Bocage, JV Barboza du (1890). "Sur une espèce nouvelle à ajoutter [sic] à la faune erpètologique [sic] de St. Thomé et Rolas ". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Series 2, 2: 61-62. (Typhlops newtoni, new species). (in French).
• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Typhlops newtonii, p. 55).
• Broadley DG, Wallach V (2007). "A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species". Zootaxa 1515: 31-68. (Letheobia newtoni, new combination).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]
2. [José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Rhinotyphlops newtonii, p. 189).
4. [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]