Leptotyphlops reticulatus

Published, First, 2007, A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), Zootaxa 1408, pp. 1-78 : 17

The Leptotyphlops reticulatus species group

This group is characterised by the presence of a discrete frontal shield, a rounded snout in lateral view, 10 midtail scale rows, a moderate anterior supralabial, a stout apical spine on the tail ( Wallach, 1996), a moderate posterior supralabial and a crescentic cloacal shield. The robust skull has fused parietal bones in Leptotyphlops reticulatus and L. boulengeri . This group was initially known as the L. boulengeri species group ( Wallach, 1996).