Aparallactus turneri LOVERIDGE, 1935

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Malindi Centipede-eater
Synonym	Aparallactus turneri LOVERIDGE 1935: 9 Aparallactus turneri — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 121 Aparallactus turneri — WELCH 1994: 17 Aparallactus turneri — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 424 Aparallactus turneri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 48 Aparallactus turneri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 456
Distribution	coastal Kenya Type locality: Sokoki Forest, near Malindi, Coast Province, Kenya Colony
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 30117 (in catalogue as 39952)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Very closely related to A. werneri Boulenger of the Usambara and Uluguru Mountains, Tanganyika Territory. It maybe readily distinguished from that species by the fewer ventrals (120-139 as against 141-163 in werneri, the latter figures being based on scale counts of fifty specimens from seven localities, forty-three of the snakes are topotypes), different coloration, much smaller size (202 mm. maximum as against 354 mm. maximum). (Loveridge 1935) Additional details (1669 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after H. J. AlIen Turner (1876-1953), a British taxidermist who lived in Kenya (1909-1953). He collected birds in East Africa (mainly Kenya) (1915-1917).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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. Harvard 79: 1- 19. - get paper here Malonza, Patrick K.; David M. Mulwa, Joash O. Nyamache, Georgina Jones 2017. Biogeography of the Shimba Hills ecosystem herpetofauna in Kenya. Zoological Research 38(5): 1-11 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1-134
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/273853881505884 Google images

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