Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
| Rio Grande do Sul blind snake | |
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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. munoai
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
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The Rio Grande do Sul blind snake (Epictia munoai) is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae .[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).[4]
Geographic range
E. munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Epictia munoai ". 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 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 munoai, p. 185).
Further reading
- Orejas-Miranda BR. 1961. "Una nueva especie de ofidio de la familia Leptotyphlopidae ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (5): 83-97. (Leptotyphlops munoai, new species). (in Spanish).