Epacrophis boulengeri

Epacrophis boulengeri
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epacrophis
Species:	E. boulengeri
Binomial name
	Epacrophis boulengeri; (Boettger, 1913)
Synonyms
	Glauconia boulengeri; Boettger, 1913; Leptotyphlops boulengeri; — Loveridge, 1957; Epacrophis boulengeri; — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009;

Last updated September 30, 2025

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.

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.^[5]

Geographic range

E. boulengeri is found on Lamu Island and Manda Island.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. boulengeri is coastal shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 10 m (33 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

E. boulengeri is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 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).

Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa2244: 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 Ergebnisse3 (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 Cambridge117 (2): 153-362 + i-xxxvi (index). (Leptotyphlops boulengeri, new combination, p. 246).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Epacrophis boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[McD99-3] 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).

[ITIS-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 boulengeri, p. 34).

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