Fred Parker's blind snake explained
Fred Parker's blindsnake (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri) is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to New Guinea.
Etymology
The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker (born 1941).[1]
Geographic range
G. fredparkeri is endemic to New Guinea and only known from the Central Province and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
The holotype of G. fredparkeri was collected in a compost pile in an urban garden at an altitude of about .
Description
G. fredparkeri has a rounded snout, and it has 16 longitudinal scale rows.
Reproduction
G. fredparkeri is oviparous.
Further reading
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). (Typhlops fredparkeri, p. 103).
- 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 Letters 6: 558–561. (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri, new combination).
- Wallach V (1996). "Two new blind snakes of the Typhlops ater species group from Papua New Guinea". Russian Journal of Herpetology 3 (2): 107–118. (Typhlops fredparkeri, new species).
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. xxviii +1,209 pp. . (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri, p. 308).
Notes and References
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