Species of Thailand
Flower's worm snake
Gerrhopilus floweri
(George Albert Boulenger, 1899)
In Thai: งูดินหัวเหลือง, ngu din hua leuang
Gerrhopilus floweri, also known commonly as Flower's blind snake and Flower's worm snake, is a species of snake in the family Gerrhopilidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, floweri, is in honor of British zoologist Stanley Smyth Flower.
Geographic range
G. floweri is found in Thailand, and possibly in Laos.
Habitat
G. floweri has been found in termite mounds in fruit plantations.
Description
G. floweri is black dorsally, and paler ventrally. The snout and the anal region are yellowish. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 21 cm.
Reproduction
G. floweri is oviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Gerrhopilidae
- Genus
- Gerrhopilus
- Species
- Gerrhopilus floweri
Common names
- German: Flowers Blindschlange
- English:
- Flower's worm snake
- Flower's blind snake
- Thai: งูดินหัวเหลือง, ngu din hua leuang
Synonyms
- Typhlops floweri, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
- Gerrhopilus floweri, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Gerrhopilus floweri, Nicolas Vidal et al. (2010)
- Typhlops floweri, Roy W. McDiarmid, Jonathan A. Campbell & T'Shaka A. Touré (1999)
- Typhlops floweri, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
- Typhlops floweri, George Albert Boulenger in Stanley Smyth Flower (1899)
- Typhlops floweri, George Albert Boulenger (1899)
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Bangkok Province
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Pathum Thani Province