Leptotyphlops telloi, also known commonly as Tello's threadsnake or Tello's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is indigenous to southern Africa.
Etymology The specific name, telloi, is in honor of Mozambican herpetologist José Luis Pessoa Lobão Tello.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops telloi, p. 262).
Geographic range L. telloi is native to Mozambique and adjacent Eswatini. www.reptile-database.org.
Description A small species, L. telloi may grow to a maximum snout-vent length (SVL) of only . It is solid black, except for white patches on the head.Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Leptotyphlops telloi, p. 57).
Habitat The preferred habitat of L. telloi is thornveld.
Reproduction L. telloi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Broadley DG, Watson G (1976). "A Revision of the Worm Snakes of South-eastern Africa (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences, Bulawayo 8: 465–510. (Leptotyphlops telloi, new species, p. 500).