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.[3][4] The species is endemic to Kenya.
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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: | Epacrophis |
| Species: | E. boulengeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Epacrophis boulengeri (Boettger, 1913)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[5]
Geographic range edit
E. boulengeri is found on Lamu Island and Manda Island.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of E. boulengeri is coastal shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 10 m (33 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Species Epacrophis boulengeri at 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, 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 edit
- 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).