Aparallactus turneri

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Aparallactus turneri
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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. [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.