Epictia

Epictia is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.

Epictia
Epictia tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamily: Epictinae
Genus: Epictia
Gray, 1845

Taxonomy

All species of Epictia were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Species

The genus Epictia contains the following 44 species which are recognized as being valid:[1]

  • Epictia albifrons
  • Epictia albipuncta
  • Epictia alfredschmidti
  • Epictia amazonica
  • Epictia antoniogarciai
  • Epictia ater
  • Epictia australis – Freiberg's blind snake
  • Epictia bakewelli – Bakewell's blind snake
  • Epictia borapeliotes
  • Epictia clinorostris
  • Epictia collaris – collared blind snake
  • Epictia columbi – San Salvador blind snake
  • Epictia diaplocia – common Peru blind snake
  • Epictia fallax
  • Epictia goudotii
  • Epictia hobartsmithi
  • Epictia magnamaculata
  • Epictia martinezi
  • Epictia melanura – dark blind snake
  • Epictia munoai – Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
  • Epictia pauldwyeri
  • Epictia peruviana – Peru blind snake
  • Epictia phenops
  • Epictia resetari
  • Epictia rioignis
  • Epictia rubrolineata – red-lined blind snake
  • Epictia rufidorsa – rose blind snake
  • Epictia schneideri
  • Epictia septemlineata
  • Epictia signata
  • Epictia striatula
  • Epictia subcrotilla – Klauber's blind snake
  • Epictia teaguei – northern blind snake
  • Epictia tenella
  • Epictia tesselata – Tschudi's blind snake
  • Epictia tricolor – three-colored blind snake
  • Epictia undecimstriata – eleven-striped blind snake
  • Epictia unicolor
  • Epictia vanwallachi
  • Epictia vellardi
  • Epictia venegasi
  • Epictia vindumi
  • Epictia vonmayi
  • Epictia wynni
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References

  1. Genus Epictia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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