NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Southern Blind Snake
Rena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)
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
- Rena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1902)
- Common name
- Southern Blind Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Leptotyphlopidae
- Genus
- Rena
- 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
- subfamilyEpictinae
- genusRena
- speciesRena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rena. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Michoacán Slender Blind SnakeRena bressoni (Taylor, 1939) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Blind SnakeRena maxima (Loveridge, 1932) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iverson's BlindsnakeRena iversoni (Smith, Breukelen, Auth & Chiszar, 1998) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trans-Pecos Blind Snake/ThreadsnakeRena segrega (Klauber, 1939) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerralvo Island ThreadsnakeRena boettgeri (Werner, 1899) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duges’ ThreadsnakeRena dugesii (Bocourt, 1881) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Mexico Blind Snake [dissecta]Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853 | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western ThreadsnakeRena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853 | 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 unguirostris Boulenger, 1902 Boulenger, 1902 | 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=Rena&species=unguirostris 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:89364. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.