Rena segrega
Klauber, 1939
REH-nah — seh-GREE-guh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
See comment under Rena.
(Boundy, Jeff, Frank T. Burbrink, and Sara Ruane. 2025. Squamata (excluding lizards) – Snakes. Pages 38-54 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for its genetic and geographic distinctiveness.
Rena — Possibly from Latin, with no clear etymology provided by Baird and Girard when the genus was established. It may be arbitrary or refer to a personal or local name.
segrega — From Latin segregare, “to separate” or “to isolate.” Refers to the species’ isolation (both genetically and geographically) from other members of the Rena humilis complex.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1931
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Klauber, Laurence M. Notes on the worm snakes of the south west, with descriptions of two new subspecies. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 6(23):333-352
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1939
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Klauber, Laurence M. A new subspecies of the western worm snake. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9(14):67-68
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1940
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Klauber, Laurence M. The worm snakes of the genus Leptotyphlops in the United States and northern Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9(18):87-160
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1979
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Hahn, Donald E. Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (230):1-4
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2009
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Adalsteinsson, Solny. A., William R. Branch, Sebastien Trape, Laurie J. Vitt, and S. Blair Hedges. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2009(2244):18264
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