Epictia munoai (OREJAS-MIRANDA, 1961)
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Epictia munoai
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rio Grande do Sul Blind Snake Portuguese: Cobra-Cega-Amarela, Cobra-Cega-Minhoca-Comum, Cobra-Cega-Sulina |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops munoai OREJAS-MIRANDA 1961 Leptotyphlops munoai — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 38 Epictia munoai — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia munoai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 277 Epictia munoai — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | N Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones), Uruguay, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Type locality: Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Departamento de Tacuarembo, Uruguay |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MBUCV 4547 (Museo de Biologia de la Universidad Central de Venezuela). Paratypes. MBUCV 4548-49, 4551, Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 12 October, 1956.MHNM 063 PozoHondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, September, 1956. MHNM 068, Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, September, 1956. MHNM 2771-96, Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, September, 1956. AMNH 91508 (MHNM 063H), PozoHondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, September, 1956. CM 38970 (This specimen belongs to MHNM 063 sample; however, no additional information could be found [S.P. Rogers, pers. comm.]), Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, September, 1956. MNRJ 3306 (MHNM 068C; Fig. 02), Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P. R. San Martin, 12 October, 1956. MHNM 071,Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 22 September, 1957. MHNM 2765-70, Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 22 September, 1957. CAS 93104 (MHNM 0107G), Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 12 October, 1957. USNM 163506 (MHNM 0107J), Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Departament, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 12 October, 1957. MHNM 2797-2809, Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay, M.A. Klappenback and P.R. San Martin, 12 October, 1957. MHNM 0871, Arroyo Cuaró (30°35’S, 056°50’W), Artigas Departament, Uruguay, A.Y. Ximénez, February, 1960. MHNM 0872, no specific locality, Montevideo Departament, Uruguay 1891. MHNM 0873, no specific locality, Cerro Largo Departament, Uruguay, Lucas, 1925. MHNM 0874, Sierra de la Aurora (31°03’S, 055°43’W), Rivera Departament, Uruguay P.R. San Martin, 24 March, 1961. MACN 1048, San Isidro (34°28’S, 058°30’W), San Isidro Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, J. Plinch, 1895. MACN 12487, Sierra de la Ventana (38°07’S, 061°58’W), Torniquist Department, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, M. Biraben and I. Scott, February, 1948 (from Francisco et a. 2012). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) snout truncate or rounded in dorsal view, and rounded in ventral and lateral views; (2) two supralabials (1+1); (3) three infralabials; (4) supraocular scale present, not in contact with first supralabial; (5) rostral scale subtriangular or triangular in dorsal view; (6) ocular subpentagonal, with pointed apex; (7) eyes positioned on midanterior portion of ocular; (8) temporals not distinct; (9) occipitals extend to the level of second supralabial; (10) fused caudals absent; (11) middorsal scales 184-225 in males and 202-226 in females; (12) ventral scales 178-219 in males and 184-211 in females; (13) subcaudals 10-13 in males and 10-14 in females; (14) 10 scales around the middle of the tail; (15) striped pattern RB with ground color whitish-cream; and venter light brown (Francisco et al. 2012). |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in ARREDONDO & ZAHER 2010. Although reported from Paraguay, specimens from Paraguay have been recently assigned to Epictia vellardi (Cacciali et al. 2016). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. |
| Etymology | Named after Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925-1960), zoologist and anthropologist in the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural y Antropologia, Montevideo, Uruguay. |
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