Aparallactus_turneri

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Aparallactus turneri

Species of snake

Aparallactus turneri, or the Malindi centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Kenya.

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Etymology

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British taxidermist H.J. Allen Turner (1876–1953), who lived in Kenya.[3]

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).[1]

Reproduction

A. turneri is oviparous.[4]

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Aparallactus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. [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. [4]
    Species Aparallactus turneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  • 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 [Second Series ] 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).


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