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Namibiana  Hedges, Adalsteinsson and Branch, 2009
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1107517

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864  
                                  FamilyLeptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 – Slender Blind Snakes, Thread Snakes, Threadsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyLeptotyphlopinae Stejneger, 1892  
                                        TribeLeptotyphlopini Stejneger, 1892  
                                           GenusNamibiana Hedges, Adalsteinsson and Branch, 2009  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Namibiana gracilior (Boulenger, 1910) – Slender Thread Snake 
                                              Species Namibiana labialis (Sternfeld, 1908) – Damara Thread Snake 
                                              Species Namibiana latifrons (Sternfeld, 1908) – Sternfeld's Thread Snake, Benguela Worm Snake 
                                              Species Namibiana occidentalis (Fitzsimons, 1962) – Western Worm Snake, Western Thread Snake 
                                              Species Namibiana rostrata (Bocage, 1886) – Bocage's Blind Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Adalsteinsson, Solny A., William R. Branch, Sébastien Trape, Laurie J. Vitt, and S. Blair Hedges  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 2244   
  Page(s): 1-50   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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