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Drewes's worm snake
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epacrophis
Species:	E. drewesi
Binomial name
	Epacrophis drewesi; Wallach, 1996
Synonyms
	Leptotyphlops drewesi ; Wallach, 1996; Epacrophis drewesi ; — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009;

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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

E. drewesi is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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. 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).

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).

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[iucn-1] 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.

[RDB-2] Species Epacrophis drewesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[McD99-3] 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).

[ITIS-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).

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 | status = DD
 | status_system = IUCN3.1
-| status_ref = <ref>[[species:Stephen Spawls|Spawls S]], [[species:Patrick Kenyatta Malonza|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.</ref>
+| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[species:Stephen Spawls|Spawls S]], [[species:Patrick Kenyatta Malonza|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.</ref>
 | genus = Epacrophis
 | species = drewesi
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 }}
-'''Drewes's worm snake''' (''Epacrophis drewesi)'' is a [[species]] of [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Leptotyphlopidae]].<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|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).</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=174335|taxon=''Leptotyphlops ''|accessdate=29 August 2007}}</ref> The species is native to [[East Africa]].
+'''Drewes's worm snake''' ('''''Epacrophis drewesi''''') is a [[species]] of [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Leptotyphlopidae]].<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|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).</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=174335|taxon=''Leptotyphlops ''|accessdate=29 August 2007}}</ref> The species is native to [[East Africa]].
 ==Etymology==
-The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''drewesi'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] Robert Clifton Drewes.<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|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).</ref>
+The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''drewesi'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] [[species:Robert C. Drewes|Robert Clifton Drewes]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|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).</ref>
 ==Geographic range==
 ''E. drewesi'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Kenya]].<ref name=RDB/>
+==Habitat==
+The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''E. drewesi'' is [[shrubland]], at an altitude of {{cvt|1,300|m|ft}}.<ref name=iucn/>
+==Behavior==
+''E. drewesi'' is [[Nocturnality|nocturnal]] and [[fossorial]].<ref name=iucn/>
+==Reproduction==
+''E. drewesi'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>
 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
 *[[species:Solny A. Adalsteinsson|Adalsteinsson SA]], [[William Roy Branch|Branch WR]], [[species:Sébastien Trape|Trape S]], [[species:Laurie J. Vitt|Vitt LJ]], [[:fr:Stephen Blair Hedges|Hedges SB]] (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". ''Zootaxa'' '''2244''': 1-50. (''Epacrophis drewesi'', new combination).
+*[[species:Stephen Spawls|Spawls S]], [[species:Kim Monroe Howell|Howell K]], [[species:Harald Hinkel|Hinkel H]], [[species:Michele Menegon|Menegon M]] (2018). ''Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition''. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}. (''Epacrophis drewesi'', p. 365).
-*[[Van Wallach|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 speies).
+*[[Van Wallach|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).
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 [[Category:Endemic fauna of Kenya]]
 [[Category:Reptiles described in 1996]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Van Wallach]]
 [[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] <!-- Epacrophis drewesi -->