Epictia teaguei (OREJAS-MIRANDA, 1964)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops teaguei OREJAS-MIRANDA 1964: 4 Leptotyphlops teaguei — LAURENT 1984: 30 Leptotyphlops teaguei — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 44 Epictia teaguei — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia teaguei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 279
Distribution	N Peru Type locality: Rio Chotano, between Chota and Cutervo, northern Peru, elevation 2350 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MHNM (Museu Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo) CH 910.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Gerard Warden Teague (1885-1974), a systematic ichthyologist and herpetologist who was British Vice Consul for Paraguay.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 Laurent R F 1984. El genero Leptotyphlops en la coleccion de la Fundacion Miguel Lillo. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (1): 29-34 Lehr, E.; Wallach, V. Köhler, G. & Aguilar, C. 2002. New species of tricolor Leptotyphlops (Reptlia: Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae) from Central Peru. Copeia 2002 (1): 131-136 - 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. 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. 1964. Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America. Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. nat. Montevideo, 8 (103): 1-7 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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