Rena humilis

Rena humilis
Western threadsnake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Rena
Species:
R. humilis
Binomial name
Rena humilis
Baird & Girard, 1853
Synonyms
  • Rena humilis
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Stenostoma humile
    Cope, 1875
  • Rena humilis
    — Cope, 1887
  • Glauconia humilis
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Siagonodon humilis
    Van Denburgh, 1897
  • Leptotyphlops humilis
    Ruthven, 1907
  • L[eptotyphlops]. h[umilis]. humilis
    Klauber, 1931
  • Leptotyphlops humilis humilis
    H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1945
  • Leptotyphlops chumilis
    Rhodes, 1966 (ex errore)
  • Rena humilis
    Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Rena humilis, known commonly as the western blind snake, the western slender blind snake, and the western threadsnake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominate subspecies described here.