Epictia
| Epictia | |
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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. Species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
The genus contains the following species:[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 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
- ^ " Epictia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.