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Epictia tesselata (TSCHUDI, 1845)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tschudi's Blind Snake 
SynonymTyphlops (Stenostoma) tesselatus TSCHUDI 1845: 162
Stenostoma albifrons var. tessellata JAN 1861 (Emendation)
Stenostoma albifrons var. tessellatum — COPE 1878: 35
Leptotyphlops tessellatus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 304
Leptotyphlops tesselatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 45
Epictia tesselata — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Epictia tesselata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 279 
DistributionPeru.

Type locality: Lima, Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNN Neuchâtel Museum, Switzerland. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small worm snake with lineate pattern, darker on the upper half of the body, and with white spot present on rostral and tail spine. Ocular separated from nasal by supraocular and labial; dorsal scales about 260 [from SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943]. 
CommentGroup: Orejas-Miranda & Zug (1974) included 5 species in the tesselatus group: tesselata, tenellus, rubrolineata, teaguei, tricolor.

Key: Orejas-Miranda & Zug (1974: 173) present a key to the members of the tesselata group. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin tessellata, of small square stones, mosaic, checkered, tesselated. [?]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the cold blooded Vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton, during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 17: 33-49 [1877] - get paper here
  • Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1861. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 2. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mendoza A, Pérez J, Alvarado E, Barrera D, Castillo E, Fernandez M, Milla J, Olivera D, Ramirez C, Santa Cruz R, Salazar E, Torres-Ccasani G, Aguilar-Puntriano C. 2023. Anfibios y reptiles del departamento de Ica con comentarios sobre su distribución. Revista peruana de biología 30(1): e23425 001- 014 (Marzo 2023)
  • Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
  • Orejas-Miranda, B.R. & ZUG, G.R. 1974. A new tricolor Leptotyphlops (Reptilia: Serpentes) from Peru. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 87 (16): 167 - 174 - get paper here
  • Schmidt,K.P. & WALKER Jr. ,W.F. 1943. Snakes of the Peruvian coastal region. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Chicago, 24: 297-327 - get paper here
  • Tschudi,J. J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150-170 [reprint 1968, SSAR; sometimes cited as being published in 1846]. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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