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[-11.80000, 20.86667] (Laurent I964a:89; Broadley and Wallach 2009:43); “Cazombo” 
[-11.88333, 22.91667] (Laurent I964a;89; Broadley and Wallach 2009:43). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: The type locality of Typhlops schmidti in the Tangani- 
ka district (now province) of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been misinterpreted by some 
subsequent authors to refer to Tanzania (e.g., McDiarmid et al. 1999). Laurent (1964a) was the first 
to cite this species from Angola. See Broadley and Wallach (2009) for chresonymy and maps of 
global distribution. 
Genus Letheobia Cope, 1868 
Letheobia praeocularis (Stejneger, “1893” 1894) Leopoldville Beaked Snake 
Typhlops praeocularis Stejneger “1893” 1894:709. Holotype: USNM 20799 (eolleetor J.H. Camp). Type 
loeality: “Leopoldville, or Stanley Pool, Congo Free State” [= Kinshasa or Maleho Pool], Demoeratie 
Republie of Congo. 
Typhlops praeocularis lundensis Laurent 1964a:90. Holotype: MD 5929 (eolleetor “Indigenes divers” = 
various native eolleetors). Type loeality: “Dundo, Lunda,” Lunda Norte, Angola. 
Rhinotyphlopspraeocularis: Roux-Esteve (1974a:498, 1974b:204), MeDiarmid et al. (1999:83). 
Letheobia praeocularis: Chirio and LeBreton (2007:328), Broadley and Wallaeh (2009:66), LeBreton (2010), 
Wallaeh et al. (2014:373), Hedges et al. (2014:21). 
Laurent (1964a) described Typhlops praeocu¬ 
laris lundensis based on five specimens from 
“Dundo,” Angola, later considered a synonym 
of the typical form (Roux-Esteve 1974a, 
1974b). Broadley and Wallach (2007a) revived 
the genus Letheobia from the synonymy of 
Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843, but did not 
include L. praeocularis in their study. 
Map 259. Distribution of Letheobia praeocularis in 
Angola. 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from western and central Africa, rang¬ 
ing from Southern Congo to southwestern 
Democractic Republic of Congo throughout 
northeastern Angola and probably Nigeria. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 259): The 
species occurs in northeastern Angola. Lunda 
Norte: “Dundo, Lunda” [-7.36667, 20.83333] 
(Laurent 1964a:90; Roux-Esteve 1974a:498, 
1974b:204). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
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Family Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 
Genus Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 
Leptotyphlops kafubi (Boulenger, 1919) Shaba Thread Snake 
Glaucoma kafubi Boulenger 1919b:186. Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.11.7-8, formerly BMNH 1919.8.26.13-14, 
MRAC 2085 (eolleetor L. Stappers). Type loeality: “la riviere Kafuboo, a Elisabethville” [= Kafubu River, 
Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Provinee (formerly Katanga Province)], Democratic Republic of Congo. 
Leptotyphlops emini emini (part): Laurent (1964a:91). 
