Aparallactus turneri explained

Aparallactus turneri, or the Malindi centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Kenya.

Etymology

The specific name, turneri, is in honor of British taxidermist H.J. Allen Turner (1876–1953), who lived in Kenya.^[1]

Geographic range

A. turneri is found in coastal Kenya.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. turneri are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 400m (1,300feet).

Reproduction

A. turneri is oviparous.^[2]

External links

• de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mémoires du Muséum Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, série deuxième [''Second Series'' ] 29: 1–134. (Aparallactus turneri, p. 121). (in French).
• 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. (Aparallactus turneri, new species, pp. 9–10). (full text of original description, https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofmuseum79harv/bulletinofmuseum79harv_djvu.txt).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Aparallactus turneri, p. 456).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Aparallactus turneri, p. 269).
2. www.reptile-database.org.