Epictia albipuncta

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Epictia albipuncta

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Epictia
Species:
E. albipuncta
Binomial name
Epictia albipuncta
(Burmeister, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta
    Burmeister, 1861
  • Stenostoma melanoterma
    Cope, 1862
  • Stenostoma (Typhlops) undecimstriatus var. albipuncta
    — Jan, 1863
  • Stenostoma flavifrons
    Weyenbergh in , 1876
  • Stenostoma melanostoma
    Günther, 1885 (ex errore)
  • Stenostoma melanosterna
    Boulenger, 1893 (ex errore)
  • Leptotyphlops weyrauchi
    , 1964
  • Leptotyphlops melanotermus
    — Orejas-Miranda, 1964
  • Leptotyphlops albipuncta
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Leptotyphlops albifrons
    — & , 1975 (part)
  • Leptotyphlops albipunctus
    — McDiarmid, & , 1999
  • Epictia albipuncta
    — et al., 2009
  • Epictia melanoterma
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Epictia weyrauchi
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2][3][4]

Geographic range[]

E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly southern Peru.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of E. albipuncta are grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Reproduction[]

E. albipuncta is oviparous.[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Cacciali, P.; Giraudo, A.; Scott, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Arzamendia, V. (2017). "Epictia albipuncta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T50956442A50956450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50956442A50956450.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Epictia albipuncta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, p. 283).

Further reading[]

  • , Branch WR, , , Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Epictia albipuncta, new combination).
  • Burmeister H (1861). Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgrführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 und 1860. Zweiter Bande [Volume Two]. Die nordwestlichen Provinzen und die Cordilleren zwischen Catamarca und Copiapó umfassend. Nebst einer systematischen Uebersicht der beobachteten Rückgratthiere. Mit einer Charte bereisten Gegenden. Halle, Germany: H.W. Schmidt. v + 538 pp. (Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta, new variety, pp. 527–528). (in German).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops albipuncta, p. 117; L. weyrauchi, p. 118 + two photographs on p. 6).
  • (2006). "Revisión histórica y redescripción de Leptotyphlops albipunctus (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Cuadernos de Herpetologia 19: 43–56. (in Spanish).
  • (1964). "Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America". Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 8: 1–7. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, new species). (in Spanish).


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