Drewes's worm snake

Drewes's worm snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Epacrophis
Species: E. drewesi
Binomial name
Epacrophis drewesi
Wallach, 1996
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptotyphlops drewesi Wallach, 1996
  • Epacrophis drewesi
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Drewes's worm snake (Epacrophis drewesi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.[5]

Geographic range

E. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Spawls, S. & Malonza, P. 2014. Epacrophis drewsi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T21584199A21584205. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T21584199A21584205.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Epacrophis drewesi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ 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. (Leptotyphlops drewesi, p. 75).

Further reading

  • Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Epacrophis drewesi, new combination).
  • Wallach V (1996). "Leptotyphlops drewesi n. sp., a worm snake from central Kenya (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Journal of African Zoology 110 (6): 425-431.


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