Rena is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to the New World. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
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Species
The genus Rena contains the following species, which are recognized as being valid.
Rena boettgeri (F. Werner, 1899)
Rena bressoni (Taylor, 1939) – Michoacán slender blind snake
Rena dugesii (Bocourt, 1881) – Dugès's threadsnake
Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas blind snake
Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853 – western threadsnake
Rena iversoni (H.M. Smith, van Breukelen, Auth & Chiszar, 1998)
Rena klauberi Flores-Villela, E.N. Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2022
Rena maxima (Loveridge, 1932) – giant blind snake
Rena segrega (Klauber, 1939) – Trans-Pecos blind snake
Rena unguirostris (Boulenger, 1902) – southern blind snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rena.
Etymologies
The specific name, dugesii, is in honor of Mexican zoologist Alfredo Dugès.
The specific name, iversoni, is in honor of American herpetologist John B. Iverson.