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Species of snake

Aparallactus turneri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Aparallactus
Species: A. turneri
Binomial name
Aparallactus turneri
Loveridge, 1935

Aparallactus turneri, or the Malindi centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Kenya.

Etymology

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British taxidermist H.J. Allen Turner (1876–1953), who lived in Kenya.

Geographic range

A. turneri is found in coastal Kenya.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. turneri are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft).

Reproduction

A. turneri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Malonza, P. (2014). "Aparallactus turneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T13264365A13264369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T13264365A13264369.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Aparallactus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. 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. (Aparallactus turneri, p. 269).
  4. Species Aparallactus turneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

External links

  • de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mémoires du Muséum Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, série deuxième 29: 1–134. (Aparallactus turneri, p. 121). (in French).
  • Loveridge A (1935). "Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 79: 1–19. (Aparallactus turneri, new species, pp. 9–10). (full text of original description, https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofmuseum79harv/bulletinofmuseum79harv_djvu.txt).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Aparallactus turneri, p. 456).
Taxon identifiers
Aparallactus turneri


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