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词条 Rena (genus)
释义

  1. Species

  2. Etymologies

  3. References

  4. Further reading

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| authority = Baird & Girard, 1853
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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]

  • Rena boettgeri {{small|(F. Werner, 1899)}}
  • Rena bressoni {{small|(Taylor, 1939)}} – Michoacán slender blind snake
  • Rena dissecta {{small|(Cope, 1896)}} – New Mexico blind snake
  • Rena dugesii {{small|(Bocourt, 1881)}} – Dugès' threadsnake
  • Rena dulcis {{small|Baird & Girard, 1853}} – Texas blind snake
  • Rena humilis {{small|Baird & Girard, 1853}} – western threadsnake
  • Rena iversoni {{small|(H.M. Smith, van Breukelen, Auth & Chiszar, 1998)}}
  • Rena maxima {{small|(Loveridge, 1932)}} – giant blind snake
  • Rena myopica {{small|(Garman, 1884)}}
  • Rena segrega {{small|(Klauber, 1939)}} – Trans-Pecos blind snake
  • Rena unguirostris {{small|(Boulenger, 1902)}} – southern blind snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rena.

Etymologies

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German zoologist Oskar Boettger.[2]

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.[3]

References

1. ^"Rena ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. ^"Rena boettgeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. ^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).

Further reading

  • Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Rena, new genus, p. 142; Rena dulcis, new species, pp. 142-143; Rena humilis, new species, p. 143).
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