title: Rena (snake)
text: # 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.
  
  