Emin Pasha's worm snake
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| Species: | L. emini
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Leptotyphlops emini, or Emin Pasha's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to northern East Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, emini, is in honor of German-born physician Eduard Schnitzer, who worked in the Ottoman Empire and became known as Emin Pasha.[4]
Geographic range
L. emini is found in Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[1]
Description
L. emini is uniformly blackish in color. It has 14 rows of scales around the body. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 11 cm (4.3 in).[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Leptotyphlops emini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops emini, p. 83).
- ^ Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia emini, p. 64 + Plate III, figures 8a, 8b, 8c).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1890. "Description of a new Snake of the Genus Glauconia, Gray, obtained by Dr. Emin Pasha on the Victoria Nyanza". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 6: 91-93. (Glauconia emini, new species, p. 91).