Rena

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Rena
Species (11): R. boettgeri – R. bressoni – R. dissecta – R. dugesii – R. dulcis – R. humilis – R. iversoni – R. maxima – R. myopica – R. segrega – R. unguirostris
Name

Rena Baird & Girard, 1853: 127

Type species: Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853, by subsequent designation by Stejneger (1892: 501).

References
Primary references

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Rena . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
Rena – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kastanienbraune Fadenschlangen
English: Maroon Thread Snakes

Rena is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to the New World. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

The genus Rena contains the following species, which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Rena boettgeri (F. Werner, 1899)
Rena bressoni (Taylor, 1939) – Michoacán slender blind snake
Rena dissecta (Cope, 1896) – New Mexico blind snake
Rena dugesii (Bocourt, 1881) – Dugès' threadsnake
Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas blind snake
Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853 – western threadsnake
Rena iversoni (H.M. Smith, van Breukelen, Auth & Chiszar, 1998)
Rena maxima (Loveridge, 1932) – giant blind snake
Rena myopica (Garman, 1884)
Rena segrega (Klauber, 1939) – Trans-Pecos blind snake
Rena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902) – southern blind snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rena.

Etymologies

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German zoologist Oskar Boettger.[2]

The specific name, dugesii, is in honor of Mexican zoologist Alfredo Dugès.

The specific name, iversoni, is in honor of American herpetologist John B. Iverson.[3]
References

"Rena ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
"Rena boettgeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops dulcis iversoni, p. 131).

Further reading

Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Rena, new genus, p. 142; Rena dulcis, new species, pp. 142–143; Rena humilis, new species, p. 143).