Gerrhopilus floweri

Gerrhopilus floweri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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.

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]

References

1. 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. 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).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1899). In: Flower SS (1899). "Notes on a Second Collection of Reptiles made in the Malay Peninsula and Siam, from November 1896 to September 1898, with a List of the Species recorded from those Countries". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1899: 600–696. (Typhlops floweri, new species, p. 654 + Plate XXXVII, figure 2).
• Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN   978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN   978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback). (Typhlops floweri, p. 147).
• Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin45 (9): 609–1096. (Typhlops floweri, pp. 637–639).
• Vidal N, Marin J, Morini M, Donnellan S, Branch WR, Thomas R, Vences M, Wynn A, Cruaud C, Hedges SB (2010). "Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana". Biology Letters6: 558–561. (Gerrhopilus floweri, new combination, p. 560).