Epictia
| Epictia | |
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| Epictia tenella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Epictinae |
| Genus: | Epictia Gray, 1845 |
Epictia is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
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
References
- ^ Genus Epictia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.