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Fred Parker's blind snake

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Fred Parker's blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species:
G. fredparkeri
Binomial name
Gerrhopilus fredparkeri
(Wallach, 1996)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops fredparkeri
    Wallach, 1996
  • Gerrhopilus fredparkeri
    Vidal et al., 2010

Fred Parker's blindsnake (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri) is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to New Guinea.[1][2]

Etymology

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The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker (born 1941).[3]

Geographic range

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G. fredparkeri is endemic to New Guinea and only known from the Central Province and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.[1]

Habitat

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The holotype of G. fredparkeri was collected in a compost pile in an urban garden at an altitude of about 50 m (160 ft).[1]

Description

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G. fredparkeri has a rounded snout, and it has 16 longitudinal scale rows.[2]

Reproduction

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G. fredparkeri is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2015). "Gerrhopilus fredparkeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42495453A42495460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42495453A42495460.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Gerrhopilus fredparkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops fredparkeri, pp. 94, 200).

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