Epictia albipuncta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Epictia |
| Species: | E. albipuncta
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
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Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2][3][4]
Geographic range
[edit]E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly southern Peru.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of E. albipuncta are grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]E. albipuncta is oviparous.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Epictia albipuncta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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
[edit]- Adalsteinson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, 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).
- Kretzschmar S (2006). "Revisión histórica y redescripción de Leptotyphlops albipunctus (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Cuadernos de Herpetologia 19: 43–56. (in Spanish).
- Orejas-Miranda BR (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).