Epictia alfredschmidti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Epictia
Species: Epictia alfredschmidti

Name

Epictia alfredschmidti (Lehr, Wallach, Köhler & Aguilar, 2002)

• Holotype: MHNSM 20068, adult ♂, collected by E. Lehr and C. Aguilar on 4 February 1997.
• Type locality: “Malvas (09°55/36"S, 77°39/00"W, elevation 2940 m), Provincia de Huarmey, Departamento de Ancash, Peru”.

Combinations

• Leptotyphlops alfredschmidti Lehr, Wallach, Köhler & Aguilar, 2002: 131 [original combination]
• Epictia alfredschmidti — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 12 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lehr, E., Wallach, V., Köhler, G. & Aguilar, C. 2002. New species of tricolor Leptotyphlops (Reptilia: Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae) from Central Peru. Copeia 2002(1): 131–136. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0131:NSOTLR]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Lehr, E., Venegas, P., Aguilar, C., Perez, J., Torres, C. & Suárez, J. 2015. IUCN: Epictia alfredschmidti  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T48617889A48617896. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T48617889A48617896.en. Accessed on 14 October 2025.