Epacrophis boulengeri (BOETTGER, 1913)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopinae, Epacrophini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Manda Flesh-pink Blind Snake, Lamu worm snake
Synonym	Glauconia boulengeri BOETTGER 1913: 354 Leptotyphlops boulengeri — LOVERIDGE 1957: 246 Leptotyphlops boulengeri — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 23 Leptotyphlops boulengeri — BROADLEY & WALLACH 2007: 18 Epacrophis boulengeri — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epacrophis boulengeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 275 Epacrophis boulengeri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 365
Distribution	Kenya (Manda Island, Lamu Island), elevation ~ 0 m. Type locality: “Manda Island, Kenya”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SMF 16700.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the Leptotyphlops reticulatus species group, differing from the other species in its low middorsal and subcaudal counts and colouration.(Broadley & Wallach 2007) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1731 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat. Beneath rotting grass lying on red soil at the edeg of one of the native gardens (Loveridge, 1936).
Etymology	Named after George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), herpetologist at the British Museum of Natural History, London.
References	Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Sproesser, Stuttgart - get paper here Broadley, Donald G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78 - get paper here Hahn D. E. & V. WALLACH, 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 - get paper here Loveridge,A. 1936. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79 (5): 209-337 - get paper here McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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