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Epictia peruviana (OREJAS-MIRANDA, 1969)

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peru Blind Snake 
SynonymLeptotyphlops 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 
DistributionPeru (Junin).

Type locality: Chanchamayo, Departamento Junin, Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 52437. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “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)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed 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.
 
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