Epictia vonmayi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS, 2016
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Epictia vonmayi
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Epictia vonmayi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS 2016 |
| Distribution | Peru (Cajamarca) Type locality: La Granja-Río Tinto, District Querocoto, Province Chota, Region Cajamarca, Peru (06°20'30.592’’ S, 079°06'41.058’’ W, 2069 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MUSA 4342, collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 15 January 2013. Paratype. MUSA 4340, from La Granja-Río Tinto, District Querocoto, Province Chota, Region Cajamarca, Peru (06°20'38.825’’ S, 079°06'31.007’’ W, 1985 m a.s.l.) collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 15 January 2013. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) 14 midbody scale rows; (2) 10 midtail scale rows; (3) usually 2 supralabials, anterior one in broad contact with supraocular; (4) 18 subcaudals; (5) 196–205 mid-dorsal scale rows; (6) 14 black longitudinal stripes around the body, with each stripe running through the center of each scale, separated by bright yellow interspaces; (7) tail with 10 black longitudinal stripes running through the center of each scale, separated by yellow interspaces; (8) dorsal surface of rostral bright yellow; (9) terminal part of tail yellow; (10) distributed ~ 2000 m a.s.l. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3524 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Habitat: under stones or trunks in a sloped mountain shrubland interspersed with crops. Sympatry: E. teaguei, Polychrus peruvianus, Stenocercus arndti. |
| Etymology | The species name vonmayi is a noun (genitive case) and a patronym for Rudolf von May, Peruvian herpetologist, in recognition of his important contributions to the ecology and conservation of amphibians from his home country. |
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