Epictia subcrotilla (KLAUBER, 1939)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Klauber's Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops subcrotilla KLAUBER 1939 Leptotyphlops subcrotillus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 303 Leptotyphlops subcrotillus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 44 Typhlops subcrotillus — WWW: CALPHOTOS 2006 Epictia subcrotilla — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia subcrotilla — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278
Distribution	Peru, SW Ecuador. Type locality: Grau Tombes, northern Peru; in error, according to SCHMIDT & WALKER (1943:303), who correct it to Grau, Tumbex, Peru.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 14554
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. A worm snake of the albifrons-group of the genus Leptotyphlops characterized by extreme attenuation and a dorsal scale count considerably exceeding that of any other species of the genus now known from South America (Klauber 1939: 61). A small slender worm snake of the albifrons group, with a white spot on the rostral and on the caudal spine; dorsal scales from rostral to tail spine about 330. Two specimens, Nos. 34267 and 34304, from Chiclin, Libertad, agree excellently with Klauber's description. The dorsal scales number respectively 325 and 324; scale rows 14; scales around mid-tail 10; total length and tail length 137 and 6, and 184 and 8; diameter of body contained in total length 70 to 90 times. (Schmidt & Walker 1943).
Comment
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 Cisneros-Heredia D.F. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops, Ecuador: Re-evaluation of the species cited for the country. Check List 4 (2): 178–181 - get paper here FRANCISCO, BÁRBARA CRISTINA S.; ROBERTA R. PINTO & DANIEL S. FERNANDES 2012. Taxonomy of Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3512: 42–52 - 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 Klauber, L. M. 1939. Three new worm snakes of the genus Leptotyphlops. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 59-65. - get paper here KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - 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. Schmidt,K.P. & WALKER Jr. ,W.F. 1943. Snakes of the Peruvian coastal region. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Chicago, 24: 297-327 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here 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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