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Rena (snake)

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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

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

The specific name, dugesii, is in honor of Mexican zoologist Alfredo Dugès.

The specific name, iversoni, is in honor of American herpetologist John B. Iverson.[2]

References

  1. ^ Genus Rena at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ 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).
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Rena (snake): Brief Summary

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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.

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