Fred Parker's blind snake
| Fred Parker's blind snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Gerrhopilus |
| Species: | G. fredparkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhopilus fredparkeri (Wallach, 1996)
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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[edit]
The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker (born 1941).[3]
Geographic range[edit]
G. fredparkeri is endemic to New Guinea and only known from the Central Province and National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.[1]
Habitat[edit]
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[edit]
G. fredparkeri has a rounded snout, and it has 16 longitudinal scale rows.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
G. fredparkeri is oviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Gerrhopilus fredparkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 March 2020.
- ^ 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).
Further reading[edit]
- 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (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. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. (Gerrhopilus fredparkeri, p. 308).