NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Uluguri Worm Snake
Letheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Letheobia uluguruensis, also known as the Uluguru gracile blind snake or Uluguri worm snake, is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. This species is endemic to the Uluguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania.
Wikipedia contributors, Letheobia uluguruensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:34.516295+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Letheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
- Name authority
- (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
- Common name
- Uluguri Worm Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Typhlopidae
- Genus
- Letheobia
- 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
- familyTyphlopidae
- genusLetheobia
- speciesLetheobia uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Letheobia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili gracile blind-snakeLetheobia swahilica (Broadley & Wallach, 2007) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Letheobia newtoni (Bocage, 1890) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gracile blind-snakeLetheobia gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eritrean Blind SnakeLetheobia erythraea (Scortecci, 1929) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sternfeld's Beaked SnakeLetheobia graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ethiopian Blind SnakeLetheobia somalica (Boulenger, 1895) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Katanga Beaked SnakeLetheobia kibarae (de Witte, 1953) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Letheobia acutirostrata (Andersson, 1916) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| De Witte’s gracile blind-snakeLetheobia wittei (Roux-Estève, 1974) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pemba gracile blind-snakeLetheobia pembana Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stejneger's Beaked SnakeLetheobia stejnegeri (Loveridge, 1931) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Largen’s (gracile) blind-snakeLetheobia largeni Broadley & Wallach, 2007 | TyphlopidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Typhlops uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 | 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=Letheobia&species=uluguruensis 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:6Q2KT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.