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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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{{speciesbox
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| 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>
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| genus = Epacrophis
| familia = [[Leptotyphlopidae]]
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| species = drewesi
| genus = ''[[Leptotyphlops]]''
| authority = [[Van Wallach|Wallach]], 1996
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| species = '''''L. drewesi'''''
| synonyms =
| binomial = ''Leptotyphlops drewesi''
| binomial_authority = Wallach, 1996
* ''Leptotyphlops drewesi'' <br>{{small|Wallach, 1996}}
* ''Epacrophis drewesi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Solny A. Adalsteinsson|Adalsteinsson]] et al., 2009}}
| synonyms_ref =<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Epacrophis|species=drewesi}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}
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'''''Leptotyphlops drewesi''''', or the '''Drewes's worm snake''', is a species of [[snake]] in the [[Leptotyphlopidae]] family.<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. 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>
'''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]] [[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==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
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[[Category:Leptotyphlopidae]]
*[[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 species).




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[[eu:Leptotyphlops drewesi]]
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[[Category:Reptiles of Kenya]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Kenya]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1996]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Van Wallach]]
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 26 July 2023

Drewes's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this 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[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] The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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E. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of E. drewesi is shrubland, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]

Behavior

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E. drewesi is nocturnal and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

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E. drewesi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Species Epacrophis drewesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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).
  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

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  • 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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