Epictia rufidorsa (TAYLOR, 1940)
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Epictia rufidorsa
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Rose Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops rufidorsum TAYLOR 1940: 533 Leptotyphlops rufidorsus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 302 Leptotyphlops rufidorsus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 41 Epictia rufidorsa — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia rufidorsa — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278 |
| Distribution | Peru. Type locality: Lima,Peru. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 49993. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large (265 mm.) species lacking white or yellow spots on snout and tip of tail, and lacking lineated dorsal markings. Supraocular very large, in contact with (or narrowly separated from) first labial. Two labials. Total dorsal scales, 268; 14 scale rows. Tail in body length, 22 times; body width in length about 61 times (Taylor 1940: 533). Description: A medium-sized Leptotyphlops, without cephalic or caudal spots, with a median dorsal brownish band covering three scale rows and the adjacent half scale rows; dorsal scales about 260. A single specimen, No. 34305, from Chiclin, Libertad, has dorsal scales 256, caudals 16, scales around body 14, around mid-tail 10; length 241, tail 12; diameter of body contained in total length about 40 times. Supraocular and labial separating rostral from ocular on both sides. Coloration in close agreement with Taylor's description (Schmidt & Walker 1943). |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin “rufus” = red and “dorsum” = back. |
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