Haut-Oubangui Beaked Snake

About

Haut-Oubangui Beaked Snake (Letheobia rufescens) is a non-venomous snake of the family Typhlopidae, found in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 12 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.

Where it lives

Native range

• Central African Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

• Tropical Rainforest
• Tropical Moist Forest
• Tropical Lowland Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Open Woodland
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Underground Burrows
• Loose Soil
• Sandy Soil
• Leaf Litter
• Fallen Logs
• Termite Mounds
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna

Related snakes

• Weidholz's Pink Blindsnake Letheobia weidholzi
• Mann's Worm Snake (angeli) Letheobia angeli
• Juba Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia jubana
• Ethiopian Blind Snake Letheobia somalica
• Gabon Beaked Snake Letheobia caeca
• Letheobia acutirostrata
• Sudan Beaked Snake Letheobia sudanensis
• Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia uluguruensis
• Eritrean Blind Snake Letheobia erythraea
• Sternfeld's Beaked Snake Letheobia graueri
• Wormlike Beaked Snake Letheobia lumbriciformis
• Pauwels' Beaked Snake Letheobia pauwelsi