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Rena
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Rena

Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, found throughout North and South America, Africa, Indian subcontinent and southwestern Asia. Currently, 87 species are recognized.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Texas Blind Snake

speciesRena dulcis

Western Threadsnake

speciesRena humilis

Trans-Pecos Blindsnake

speciesRena segrega

Cape Thread Snake

speciesRena boettgeri

Giant Blind Snake

speciesRena maxima

Southern Blind Snake

speciesRena unguirostris

Michoacán Slender Blind Snake

speciesRena bressoni

Rena dugesii

speciesRena dugesii

Rena iversoni

speciesRena iversoni

Rena klauberi

speciesRena klauberi

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Rena in The Flowering Garden: Autumn

The Flowering Garden: Autumn

Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.16

Rena in The Flowering Garden: Autumn

The Flowering Garden: Autumn

Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.22

Rena in Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Colonna, Francesco, 1433-1527 · 1499 · p.318

Rena in Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard · 1754 · p.17

Rena in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.634

Rena in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.225

Rena in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.576

Rena in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.588

Rena in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.708

Rena in Ten Books of Exotic Things

Ten Books of Exotic Things

Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.486

Rena in New Genera of American Plants

New Genera of American Plants

Charles Plumier · 1703 · p.171

Rena in Treatise on the Ferns of America

Treatise on the Ferns of America

Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.289

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