Drewes's worm snake

Drewes's worm snake (Epacrophis drewesi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[3][4] The species is native to East Africa.

Drewes's worm snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epacrophis
Species:	E. drewesi
Binomial name
Epacrophis drewesi Wallach, 1996
Synonyms[2]
Leptotyphlops drewesi Wallach, 1996 Epacrophis drewesi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Etymology

The specific name, drewesi, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Clifton Drewes.^[5]

Geographic range

E. drewesi is endemic to Kenya.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. drewesi is shrubland, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft).^[1]

Behavior

E. drewesi is nocturnal and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

E. drewesi is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Spawls S, Malonza P (2022). "Epacrophis drewsi (amended version of 2014 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T21584199A21584205. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T21584199A21584205.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2018.
2. Species Epacrophis drewesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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 drewesi, p. 75).

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 drewesi, new combination).
• Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Epacrophis drewesi, p. 365).
• Wallach V (1996). "Leptotyphlops drewesi n. sp., a worm snake from central Kenya (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Journal of African Zoology 110 (6): 425–431. (Leptotyphlops drewesi, new species).