A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) Author Wallach, Van text Zootaxa 2007 1515 31 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.177278 44e92dc8-7d91-43bd-900b-36f28549b744 1175-5326 177278 Letheobia debilis (Joger) ( Fig 6 A) Feeble gracile blind-snake Description. Snout slightly hooked, prominent. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal broad and shallow, not contacting the nasals; supraocular large, transverse, its lateral apex wedged between nasal and ocular, which is separated from the subocular by a temporal; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from first labial; SIP II (N1, P, S, S); scale rows 20 (rarely 18) at midbody; MD 547-668; vertebrae 443 in holotype ; MD/V ratio 1.41; L/D ratio 98–129. Rosy-tan in colour.

Rhinotyphlops debilis Joger 1990 , Vertebrates in the	Tropics: 93, Figs. 3–5. Type locality: near	Bangui, Central African
Republic (04°23’N, 18°33’E, elevation 450 m),	collected by N. Degallier and J.-P. Hervé,	holotype ZFMK 33684;
Meirte 1992: 20; McDiarmid et al. 1999: 79.
Letheobia debilis – Chirio & Ineich, 2006: 42.

Size. Largest specimen (MNHN 1998.268 – Central African Republic ) 478 mm in total length. Habitat. Lowland rain forest. Distribution. Southern Central African Republic , 450–800 m ( Fig. 11 ). Localities. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUB LIC. No locality MNHN 1998.268; Bangui HLMD 1450; MNHN 1991.377-78, 1997. 3196; ZFMK 33684 ( holotype ); Mboki MNHN 1997.3195.