Gerrhopilus floweri

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Gerrhopilus floweri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. floweri
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus floweri
Boulenger, 1899
Synonyms [2]
  • Typhlops floweri
    Boulenger, 1899
  • Gerrhopilus floweri
    Vidal et al., 2010

Gerrhopilus floweri, also known commonly as Flower's blind snake and Flower's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. [3] [4] The species is native to Southeast Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, floweri, is in honor of British zoologist Stanley Smyth Flower. [5]

Geographic range

G. floweri is found in Thailand, [2] and possibly in Laos. [1]

Habitat

G. floweri has been found in termite mounds in fruit plantations. [1]

Description

G. floweri is black dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout and the anal region are yellowish. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 21 cm (8.3 in). [6]

Reproduction

G. floweri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Gerrhopilus floweri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T192231A2058842. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192231A2058842.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Gerrhopilus floweri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. 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).
  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. (Typhlops floweri, p. 91).
  6. Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Typhlops floweri, p. 46).

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