Northern blind snake
- For the Australian species called northern blind snake, see Anilios diversus
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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. teaguei
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia teaguei Orejas-Miranda, 1964
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The northern blind snake (Epictia teaguei) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The specific name, teaguei, is in honor of Gerard Warden Teague (1885–1974), a herpetologist and ichthyologist who was born in England and worked in South America.[4]
Geographic range
E. teaguei is found in northern Peru.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Epictia teaguei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 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, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops teaguei, p. 262).
Further reading
- Adalsteinsson 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 teaguei, new combination).
- Orejas-Miranda BR (1964). "Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America ". Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 8 (103): 1-7. (Leptotyphlops teaguei, new species). (in Spanish).