NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Distant's Thread Snake
Leptotyphlops distanti (Boulenger, 1892)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leptotyphlops distanti (Boulenger, 1892)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1892)
- Common name
- Distant's Thread Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Leptotyphlopidae
- Genus
- Leptotyphlops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyLeptotyphlopidae
- subfamilyLeptotyphlopinae
- genusLeptotyphlops
- speciesLeptotyphlops distanti (Boulenger, 1892)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leptotyphlops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Emin Pasha’s worm snakeLeptotyphlops emini (Boulenger, 1890) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jacobsen’s Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops jacobseni Broadley & Broadley, 1999 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Kenya worm snakeLeptotyphlops keniensis Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops nigricans (Schlegel, 1839) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-tip worm snakeLeptotyphlops nigroterminus Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pitman’s Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops pitmani Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptotyphlops pungwensis Broadley & Wallach, 1997 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peter's Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Merker’s Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops merkeri (Werner, 1909) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops lepezi (Boulenger, 1901) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ethiopian worm snakeLeptotyphlops aethiopicus Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Thread SnakeLeptotyphlops conjunctus (Jan, 1861) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Glauconia distanti Boulenger ex Distant, 1892 Boulenger ex Distant, 1892 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leptotyphlops&species=distanti Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TYSQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.