Epictia teaguei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scolecophidia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Scolecophidia

Epictia teaguei (Orejas-Miranda, 1964)

Holotype: MNHNU CH 910 (formerly CWW 12526A), collected by W. Weyrauch on 24 June 1956.
Type locality: “la margen izquierda del Río Chotano (Altitud: 2.350 metros) entre Chota y Cutervo, norte de Peru, vertiente oriental de la Cordillera Occidental; en savana, bajo piedras”.

Leptotyphlops teaguei Orejas-Miranda, 1964: 4 [original combination]
Epictia teaguei — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 12 [subsequent combination]

Orejas-Miranda, B.R. 1964. Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America. Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 8(103): 1–7.
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.

Lehr, E. & Perez, J. 2020. IUCN: Epictia teaguei (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T48617938A48617947. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T48617938A48617947.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.