Drewes's worm snake
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| 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 snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.[3]
References
- ^ 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
- Wallach V. 1996. "Leptotyphlops drewesi n. sp., a worm snake from central Kenya (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Journal of African Zoology 110 (6): 425-431.