Cross' Beaked Snake articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Nigeria.
Type locality: Asaba, 180 miles up the Nigeria.

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Cross's beaked snake (Letheobia crossii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.^[3]^[4] The species is native to West Africa.^[2]

The specific name, crossii, is in honor of British explorer William Henry Crosse (1859–1903).^[5]

L. crossii is found in Nigeria and Togo.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of L. crossii is forest.^[1]

L. crossii is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Trape, J.; Luiselli, L.; Branch, W.R. (2013). "Letheobia crossii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13300841A13300850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13300841A13300850.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Letheobia crossii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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.
^ 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 crossii, p. 62).

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Cross's beaked snake (Letheobia crossii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to West Africa.