Rena dulcis
—
Texas Threadsnake
Also known as:
Texas Blind Snake
The genus Rena was split from Leptotyphlops in 2009 by Adalsteinnson et al. Leptotyphlops is now used only for Old World snakes.
Subspecies I've seen:
R. d. dulcis
Plains Threadsnake
Rena dulcis dulcis
—
Plains Threadsnake
I've always heard that everything is bigger in Texas. So what's the deal with this, my first ever Texas snake? Not quite the smallest snake I've ever seen (that would be this species), but not too much bigger, either.
Printed references:
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Dixon, J. R., Werler, J. E. 2000. Texas Snakes: A Field Guide
- Ernst, C. H., Ernst, E. M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada