Epacrophis boulengeri

Epacrophis boulengeri, also known as the Manda flesh-pink blind snake or Lamu worm snake , is a species of harmless snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to Kenya.

Epacrophis boulengeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epacrophis
Species:	E. boulengeri
Binomial name
Epacrophis boulengeri (Boettger, 1913)
Synonyms[2]
Glauconia boulengeri Boettger, 1913 Leptotyphlops boulengeri — Loveridge, 1957 Epacrophis boulengeri — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[5]

Geographic range

E. boulengeri is found on Lamu Island and Manda Island.[2] It is found in shrubland.

Reproduction

E. boulengeri is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Malonza, P. & Spawls, S. 2014. Epacrophis boulengeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T21584183A21584191. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T21584183A21584191.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2018.
2. "Epacrophis boulengeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).
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 boulengeri, p. 34).

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 boulengeri, new combination, p. 27).
• Boettger O (1913). "Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas ". pp. 269–375 + Plates 23–30. In: Voeltzkow A (1913). "Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905, mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgeführt ". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 3 (4): 269-564 + Plates 23-33. (Glauconia boulengeri, new species, p. 354 + Plate 25, figure 1). (in German).
• Loveridge A (1957). "Check List of the Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa (Uganda; Kenya; Tanganyika; Zanzibar)". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 + i-xxxvi (index). (Leptotyphlops boulengeri, new combination, p. 246).