Aparallactus turneri

Aparallactus turneri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 Atractaspididae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Kenya.

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. 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.

External links

• 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. Harvard79: 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).