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Epictia rubrolineata (WERNER, 1901)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Red-lined Blind Snake 
SynonymGlauconia albifrons var. rubrolineata WERNER 1901: 6
Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 171
Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 41
Epictia rubrolineata — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009
Epictia rubrolineata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278 
DistributionPeru

Type locality: Lima, Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was MTD = Dresden Museum D1752 (= MTKD), lost fide Koch et al. 2016 
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CommentDistribution: This species has been reported from Peru, but without specific locality (T. Doan, pers. comm. 30 Apr 2012).

Abundance: Rare. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin rubrum, red, ruddy, painted red and Latin lineata, lined. [“...Färbung lebhaft roth...”]. (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
  • 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
  • KOCH, CLAUDIA; ROY SANTA CRUZ, & HEIDY CÁRDENAS 2016. Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. Zootaxa 4150 (2): 101–122 - 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.
  • Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 347 pp. - 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.
  • Werner, FRANZ 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abhandl. Ber. Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresden, 9 (2): 1-14 [1900] - get paper here
 
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