Aparallactus turneri
Aparallactus turneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Genus: | Aparallactus |
Species: | A. turneri |
Binomial name | |
Aparallactus turneri Loveridge, 1935 | |
Aparallactus turneri, or the Malindi centipede-eater, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British taxidermist H.J. Allen Turner (1876–1953), who lived in Kenya.[3]
Geographic range
A. turneri is found in coastal Kenya.
References
- ↑ Spawls S, Branch WR, Malonza P (2014). "Aparallactus turneri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T13264365A13264369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T13264365A13264369.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "Aparallactus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aparallactus turneri, p. 269).
External links
- Loveridge A (1935). "Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 79: 1-19. (Aparallactus turneri, new species, pp. 9–10). (full text of original description, https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofmuseum79harv/bulletinofmuseum79harv_djvu.txt).
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