Zenker's worm snake explained

Zenker's worm snake (Letheobia zenkeri) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[1] The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, zenkeri, is in honor of German botanist Georg August Zenker.^[2]

Geographic range

L. zenkeri is endemic to Cameroon.

Description

L. zenkeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 12cm–13.5cmcm (05inches–05.3inchescm). It has 18 scales around the body, and is "colourless" (farblos, in German).^{[3] [4]}

Reproduction

L. zenkeri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1914). "Descriptions of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 14: 482–485. (Typhlops vermis, new species, pp. 482–483).
• Chirio, Laurent; Lebreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. . (Rhinotyphlos zenkeri, new combination). (in French).
• Hedges, S. Blair

Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61. (Letheobia zenkeri, new combination, p. 30).

• Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Typhlops zenkeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid, Roy W.]
2. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
3. [Richard Sternfeld|Sternfeld]
4. [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]