Letheobia debilis (Joger)

(Fig 6 A)

Feeble gracile blind-snake Description. Snout slightly hooked, prominent. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal broad and shallow, not contacting the nasals; supraocular large, transverse, its lateral apex wedged between nasal and ocular, which is separated from the subocular by a temporal; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from first labial; SIP II (N1, P, S, S); scale rows 20 (rarely 18) at midbody; MD 547-668; vertebrae 443 in holotype; MD/V ratio 1.41; L/D ratio 98–129. Rosy-tan in colour.

Size. Largest specimen (MNHN 1998.268 – Central African Republic) 478 mm in total length.

Habitat. Lowland rain forest.

Distribution. Southern Central African Republic, 450–800 m (Fig. 11).

Localities. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUB LIC. No locality MNHN 1998.268; Bangui HLMD 1450; MNHN 1991.377-78, 1997. 3196; ZFMK 33684 (holotype); Mboki MNHN 1997.3195.