Epictia
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Epictia is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and Mexico.
Taxonomy
Prior to 2009 all species of Epictia were placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species
The genus Epictia contains the following 44 species which are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Epictia albifrons (Wagler, 1824)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia alfredschmidti (Lehr, Wallach, G. Köhler & Aguilar, 2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia amazonica (Orejas-Miranda, 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia antoniogarciai C. Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia ater (Taylor, 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia australis (Freiberg & Orejas-Miranda, 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Freiberg's blind snake
- Epictia bakewelli (J. Oliver, 1937)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bakewell's blind snake
- Epictia borapeliotes (Vanzolini, 1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia clinorostris Arredondo & Zaher, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia columbi (Klauber, 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – San Salvador blind snake
- Epictia diaplocia (Orejas-Miranda, 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – common Peru blind snake
- Epictia fallax (W. Peters, 1858)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia goudotii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia guayaquilensis Orejas-Miranda & J. Peters, 1970Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia hobartsmithi Esqueda, Schlüter, C. Machado, Castelaín & Natera-Mumaw, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia magnamaculata (Taylor, 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia martinezi Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia melanura (Schmidt & W. Walker, 1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dark blind snake
- Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
- Epictia pauldwyeri Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia peruviana (Orejas-Miranda, 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Peru blind snake
- Epictia phenops (Cope, 1875)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia resetari Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia rioignis C. Koch, A. Martins & Schweiger, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia rubrolineata (F. Werner, 1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – red-lined blind snake
- Epictia rufidorsa (Taylor, 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – rose blind snake
- Epictia schneideri Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia septemlineata C. Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia signata (Jan, 1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia striatula (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia subcrotilla (Klauber, 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Klauber's blind snake
- Epictia teaguei (Orejas-Miranda, 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern blind snake
- Epictia tenella (Klauber, 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia tesselata (Tschudi, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tschudi's blind snake
- Epictia tricolor (Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – three-colored blind snake
- Epictia undecimstriata (Schlegel, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – eleven-striped blind snake
- Epictia unicolor (F. Werner, 1913)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia vanwallachi C. Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia vellardi (Laurent, 1984)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia venegasi C. Koch, Santa Cruz & H. Cárdenas, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia vindumi Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia vonmayi C. Koch, Santa Cruz & H. Cárdenas, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Epictia wynni Wallach, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Epictia.
References
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- ↑ Genus Epictia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Resurrection of genus Epictia, Gray, 1845, p. 16).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Epictia, new genus, pp. 139–140).