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 erythraea (Scortecci) ( Fig 9 C) Eritrean gracile blind-snake Typhlos (sic) erythraeus Scortecci 1928 , Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 67: 291, Fig. 1 . Type locality: Saganeiti, Eritrea ( 15°04’N , 39°12’E , elevation 2200 m ), collected by Captain L. Fossati, holotype MSNM 3353 (ex-MSNM 2015). Rhinotyphlops somalicus – (not Boulenger) Roux-Estève 1974 : 200 & 1975: 445 (part); Hahn 1980 : 35 (part). Rhinotyphlops erythraeus – Largen 1978 : 57 , 1997: 86; Largen & Rasmussen 1993 : 320 ; McDiarmid et al. 1999: 79; Franzen & Wallach 2002 : 181 ; Wallach & Lanza 2004 : 81 . Description. Snout obtusely pointed in both dorsal and lateral profiles. Rostral cuneiform, broad below, terminating in a conical point, frontal subtrapezoid; supraoculat transverse, its lateral apex between preocular and ocular; eye invisible; nasal divided, inferior suture arising from second labial; ocular divided into subequal dorsal ocular and ventral subocular; SIP X (N1, P, S, S); MSR 20, reduction A/B 4–6, B/C 0; MD 443– 462; L/D ratio 68–72; tail without a terminal spine. Brown above and gold below. Size. Largest specimen (NMW 16949 – Gheleb) 245 mm in total length. Habitat. Eritrean montane grassland and woodland. Distribution. Endemic to the Eritrean highlands, 1800–2200 m ( Fig. 13 ). Localities. ERITREA . Gheleb NMW 16949; Saganeiti MSNM 3353 ( holotype ).