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

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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

E. boulengeri is found on Lamu Island and Manda Island.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. boulengeri is coastal shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 10 m (33 ft).

Reproduction

E. boulengeri is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Malonza, P.; Spawls, S. (2014). "Epacrophis boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T21584183A21584191. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T21584183A21584191.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Species Epacrophis boulengeri at 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)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge 117 (2): 153-362 + i-xxxvi (index). (Leptotyphlops boulengeri, new combination, p. 246).

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