Epictia
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Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Epictia
Species (44):
E. albifrons –
E. albipuncta –
E. alfredschmidti –
E. amazonica –
E. antoniogarciai –
E. ater –
E. australis –
E. bakewelli –
E. borapeliotes –
E. clinorostris –
E. columbi –
E. diaplocia –
E. fallax –
E. goudotii –
E. guayaquilensis –
E. hobartsmithi –
E. magnamaculata –
E. martinezi –
E. melanura –
E. munoai –
E. pauldwyeri –
E. peruviana –
E. phenops –
E. resetari –
E. rioignis –
E. rubrolineata –
E. rufidorsa –
E. schneideri –
E. septemlineata –
E. signata –
E. striatula –
E. subcrotilla –
E. teaguei –
E. tenella –
E. tesselata –
E. tricolor –
E. undecimstriata –
E. unicolor –
E. vanwallachi –
E. vellardi –
E. venegasi –
E. vonmayi –
E. vindumi –
E. wynni
Name
[edit]- Type species: Typhlops undecimstriatus Schlegel, 1839, by subsequent designation by Loveridge (1957: 246).
Synonyms
[edit]- Stenostoma Wagler, 1824: 68 [preoccupied by Stenostoma Latreille, 1810 and Stenostoma Lamarck, 1817]
- Type species: Stenostoma albifrons Wagler, 1824, by monotypy.
- Stenostona Cuvier, 1836: 404 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
- Sabrina Girard, 1857: 181
- Type species: Typhlops tesselatus Tschudi, 1845, by monotypy.
- Stenostomophis Rochebrune, 1884: 141 [replacement name for Stenostoma Wagler, 1824]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix,...décrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni: Munich. vii + 75 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1
Reference page. - Arredondo, J.C. & Zaher, H. 2010. A New Species of Epictia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Central Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 5(3): 189–198. DOI: 10.2994/057.005.0304
- Francisco, B.C.S., Pinto, R.R. & Fernandes, D.S. 2012. Taxonomy of Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3512(1): 42–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3512.1.2 Reference page.
- Koch, C., Venegas, P.J. & Böhme, W. 2015. Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3964(2): 228–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.4 Reference page.
- Esqueda, L.F., Schlüter, A., Machado, C., Castelaín, M. & Natera-Mumaw, M. 2015. Una nueva especie de cieguita o serpiente de gusano (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictia) nativa del Tepui Guaiquinima, Provincia Pantepui en el escudo de Guyana, Venezuela (In Spanish). pp. 414–433 In Natera Mumaw, M., Esqueda González, L.F. & Castelaín Fernández, M. (eds). Atlas serpientes de Venezuela: una visión actual de su diversidad. Fundación Biogeos, Asociación Venezolana de Herpetologia, Fundación Ecologica sin Fronteras y Serpentario.com: Venezuela. Reference page.
- Wallach, V. 2016. Morphological review and taxonomic status of the Epictia phenops species group of Mesoamerica, with description of six new species and discussion of South American Epictia albifrons, E. goudotii, and E. tenella (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(2): 215–374. PDF Reference page.
- Koch, C., Santa Cruz, R. & Cárdenas, H. 2016. Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. Zootaxa 4150(2): 101–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.1 Reference page.
- Koch, C., Martins, A. & Schweiger, S. 2019. A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW). PeerJ 7: e7411. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7411
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Epictia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2021.
Vernacular names
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