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| synonyms = *''Leptotyphlops drewesi'' {{small|Wallach, 1996}} |
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*''Epacrophis drewesi'' <br>{{small|— [[Solny Arnardottir Adalsteinsson|Adalsteinsson]] et al., 2009}}<ref name="RDB">"''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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| ⚫ | '''''Leptotyphlops drewesi''''', or '''Drewes' worm snake''', is a [[species]] of [[snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Leptotyphlopidae]].<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|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).</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=174335 |taxon=''Leptotyphlops'' |accessdate=29 August 2007}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''''Leptotyphlops drewesi''''', or '''Drewes' worm snake''', 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]], 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).</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=174335 |taxon=''Leptotyphlops'' |accessdate=29 August 2007}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:06, 7 March 2018
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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: | Leptotyphlops |
| Species: | L. drewesi
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| Leptotyphlops drewesi Wallach, 1996
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Leptotyphlops drewesi, or Drewes' worm snake, is a species of snakes 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.