Rena (snake)

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.

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.