Epictia peruviana (OREJAS-MIRANDA, 1969)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peru Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops peruvianus OREJAS-MIRANDA 1969: 9 Leptotyphlops peruvianus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 40 Epictia peruviana — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia peruviana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278
Distribution	Peru (Junin). Type locality: Chanchamayo, Departamento Junin, Peru.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 52437.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Especie perteneciente al grupo albifrons, separable de las demás que lo componen por presentar primera supralabial muy alta, que no entra en contacto con la supraocular, aunque en su punto más alto es muy próxima a esta escama; 190-199 dorsales totales; diseño homogéneo (dorso y vientre) finamente reticulado, y parietales muy desarrolladas que alcanzan el doble del tamaño de las occipitales. Próxima a L. rufidorsus TAYLoR y a L. diaplocius de las que se separa por el diseño y número de dorsales totales.” (OREJAS-MIRANDA 1969) Additional details (4223 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after its distribution in Peru.
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 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Orejas-Miranda 1969. Tres nuevos Leptotyphlops (Reptilia: Serpentes). Comun. Zool. Mus. hist. nat. Montevideo, 10 (124): 11 pp. 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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