Biology:Drewes's worm snake
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Epacrophis |
| Species: | E. drewesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Epacrophis drewesi Wallach, 1996
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Drewes's worm snake (Epacrophis drewesi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.[5]
Geographic range
E. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. drewesi is shrubland, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]
Behavior
E. drewesi is nocturnal and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spawls S, Malonza P (2022). "Epacrophis drewsi (amended version of 2014 assessment)". 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Epacrophis drewesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174335. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 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).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN:978-1472935618. (Epacrophis drewesi, p. 365).
- Wallach V (1996). "Leptotyphlops drewesi n. sp., a worm snake from central Kenya (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Journal of African Zoology 110 (6): 425–431. (Leptotyphlops drewesi, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q3004503 entry
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