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*[[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: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). |
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*[[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). |
*[[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). |
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*[[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 |
*[[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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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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| 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
[edit]The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.[5]
Geographic range
[edit]E. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of E. drewesi is shrubland, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]E. drewesi is nocturnal and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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).
Further reading
[edit]- 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).