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| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
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| subordo = [[Serpentes]] |
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| infraordo = [[Scolecophidia]] |
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| familia = [[Leptotyphlopidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Leptotyphlops]]'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Van Wallach|Wallach]], 1996 |
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| synonyms = *''Leptotyphlops drewesi'' {{small|Wallach, 1996}} |
| synonyms = *''Leptotyphlops drewesi'' {{small|Wallach, 1996}} |
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*''Epacrophis drewesi'' <br>{{small|— [[Solny Arnardottir Adalsteinsson|Adalsteinsson]] et al., 2009}}<ref>"''Epacrophis drewesi'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> |
*''Epacrophis drewesi'' <br>{{small|— [[Solny Arnardottir Adalsteinsson|Adalsteinsson]] et al., 2009}}<ref name="RDB">"''Epacrophis drewesi'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''drewesi'', is in honor of [[Americans|American]] [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] Robert Clifton Drewes.<ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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]] Robert Clifton Drewes.<ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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> |
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==Geographic range== |
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''L. drewesi'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Kenya]].<ref name="RDB"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Leptotyphlops drewesi, or Drewes' worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.[4]
Geographic range
L. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Epacrophis drewesi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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.