Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option selected="selected" value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://eol.org/pages/289189">View on EOL →</a> </h3> <div class="section stacked"> <h3> distribution ^{<a name="cit1" href="#ref1">1</a>} </h3> <div class="stacked"> <p>Continent: Africa<br>Distribution: Extreme SE Tanzania (Southern Province)</p> <p><br>Type locality: Mbanja, ca. 6 km N Lindi, Lindi District, Lindi Region, Southern Province, Tanzania (09°24S, 39°45E, 130 m elevation).</p> </div> </div> <h3>References</h3> <ol class="references"><li class="reference" id="ref1">© <a href="http://reptile-database.org/">Peter Uetz</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">some rights reserved</a> </li></ol>

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Leptotyphlopidae

Genus: Leptotyphlops

Species: Mbanja Worm Snake Leptotyphlops mbanjensis

Conservation Status

extinct (EX)