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Genus of snakes
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:
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Epictia albifrons (
Wagler , 1824)
Epictia albipuncta (
Burmeister , 1861)
Epictia alfredschmidti (
Lehr ,
Wallach ,
G. Köhler &
Aguilar , 2002)
Epictia amazonica (
Orejas-Miranda , 1969)
Epictia antoniogarciai
C. Koch ,
Venegas &
Böhme , 2015
Epictia ater (
Taylor , 1940)
Epictia australis (
Freiberg & Orejas-Miranda, 1968) – Freiberg's blind snake
Epictia bakewelli (
J. Oliver , 1937) – Bakewell's blind snake
Epictia borapeliotes (
Vanzolini , 1996)
Epictia clinorostris
Arredondo &
Zaher , 2010
Epictia columbi (
Klauber , 1939) – San Salvador blind snake
Epictia diaplocia (Orejas-Miranda, 1969) – common Peru blind snake
Epictia fallax (
W. Peters , 1858)
Epictia goudotii (
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron , 1844)
Epictia guayaquilensis Orejas-Miranda &
J. Peters , 1970
Epictia hobartsmithi
Esqueda ,
Schlüter ,
C. Machado ,
Castelaín &
Natera-Mumaw , 2015
Epictia magnamaculata (Taylor, 1940)
Epictia martinezi Wallach, 2016
Epictia melanura (
Schmidt &
W. Walker , 1943) – dark blind snake
Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) – Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
Epictia pauldwyeri Wallach, 2016
Epictia peruviana (Orejas-Miranda, 1969) – Peru blind snake
Epictia phenops (
Cope , 1875)
Epictia resetari Wallach, 2016
Epictia rioignis C. Koch,
A. Martins &
Schweiger , 2019
Epictia rubrolineata (
F. Werner , 1901) – red-lined blind snake
Epictia rufidorsa (Taylor, 1940) – rose blind snake
Epictia schneideri Wallach, 2016
Epictia septemlineata C. Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2015
Epictia signata (
Jan , 1861)
Epictia striatula (
H.M. Smith &
Laufe , 1945)
Epictia subcrotilla (Klauber, 1939) – Klauber's blind snake
Epictia teaguei (Orejas-Miranda, 1964) – northern blind snake
Epictia tenella (Klauber, 1939)
Epictia tesselata (
Tschudi , 1845) – Tschudi's blind snake
Epictia tricolor (Orejas-Miranda &
Zug , 1974) – three-colored blind snake
Epictia undecimstriata (
Schlegel , 1839) – eleven-striped blind snake
Epictia unicolor (F. Werner, 1913)
Epictia vanwallachi C. Koch, Venegas & Böhme, 2015
Epictia vellardi (
Laurent , 1984)
Epictia venegasi C. Koch,
Santa Cruz &
H. Cárdenas , 2016
Epictia vindumi Wallach, 2016
Epictia vonmayi C. Koch, Santa Cruz & H. Cárdenas, 2016
Epictia wynni Wallach, 2016
Nota bene : A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Epictia .
References
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).