Epictia wynni WALLACH, 2016
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Epictia wynni
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Epictia wynni WALLACH 2016: 298 Leptotyphlops phenops — KLAUBER 1940: 151 (part) Leptotyphlops phenops — DIXON et al., 1972: 229 Leptotyphlops phenops — SMITH & SMITH, 1976: S-B-130 (part), S-F-34 Leptotyphlops phenops — CARABIAS-LILLO et al., 1999: 118. Leptotyphlops phenops phenops — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 24 (part) Leptotyphlops phenops phenops — SMITH & SMITH 1976: S-B-130 (part) Leptotyphlops phenops phenops — YESCAS-LAGUNA 2007: 149. Leptotyphlops goudotii phenops — PETERS et al., 1970 and 1986: 170 (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii phenops — HAHN 1980: 16 (part) Leptotyphlops goudoti — SMITH & SMITH 1976: S-B-129–130 (part) Leptotyphlops goudoti — HAHN 1979: 230 (part) Leptotyphlops goudoti — MONTES DE OCA & PÉREZ-RAMOS, 1998: 90ff (map) Leptotyphlops goudoti — CARABIAS-LILLO et al., 1999: 118 Leptotyphlops goudoti phenops — SMITH & SMITH 1976: S-B-130 (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii — HEDGES 1996: 111 (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii — KÖHLER 2001b: 12, fig. 11B (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii — KÖHLER 2008: 183, map (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii — TINOCO-NAVARRO 2005: 24ff Leptotyphlops goudotii — CONABIO 2009: 17 (part) Leptotyphlops goudotii — DIXON & LEMOS-ESPINAL 2010: 286, map 71 Leptotyphlops goudotii — HERNÁNDEZ-SALINAS & RAMÍREZ-BAUTISTA 2013: 10, fig. 5B. Leptotyphlops a[lbifrons] phenops — VILLAVICENCIO 2001: 131 Leptotyphlops goudotti (sic) — HUITZIL-MENDOZA 2007: 91 Epictia goudotii — RAMÍREZ-BAUTISTA et al. 2010: 83, fig. 122, pl. 83 Epictia goudotii — RAMÍREZ-BAUTISTA 2014: 200–201, photo 223 Epictia goudotii — WILSON et al. 2013: 44 (part) Epictia goudotii — LEMOS-ESPINAL & SMITH, 2015: 7 Epictia phenops — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278 (part) |
| Distribution | Mexico (N Querétaro, NW Hidalgo) Type locality: Río Ayutla, 30 km north of Jalpan de Serra, Querétaro, Mexico, 21°25'01"N, 99°36'15"W, elevation 575 m |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: TCWC 32899 (field no. RLB 137), a 163 mm (LOA) specimen collected by R. L. Beck on 7 June 1970. Paratypes (15): MEXICO: QUERÉTARO: Arroyo Seco, ca. 2 mi S Conca, between Hacienda X-Conca and Río Santa Maria, collected by Carl S. Lieb on 6 June 1979, UTEP H-20217 (field no. CSL 5708); 2.5 km NW Hacienda Conca, collected by Carl S. Lieb on 30 December 1971, TCWC H-37722 (field no. CSL 1201); nr. Río Santa Maria, W of Hacienda Conca, collected by Carl S. Lieb on 1 January 1972, TCWC H-37723 (field no. CSL 1223); Hacienda Conca, collected by Robert A. Thomas on 6 January 1974, TCWC H-45539 (field no. RAT 4892); Hacienda Conca, collected by Robert A. Thomas on 7 January 1974, H-45542 (field no. RAT 4895), H-45544 (field no. RAT 4897); Hacienda Conca, collected by Robert A. Thomas on 8 January 1974, H-45547 (field no. RAT 4912); El Trapiche, collected by S. Hayes on 4 January 1974, TCWC H-45525 (field no. RAT 4852); El Trapiche, collected by Robert A. Thomas on 5 January 1974, TCWC H-45526 (field no. RAT 4860), H-45528 (field no. RAT 4864), H-45530 (field no. RAT 4866), and H-45532–35 (field no. RAT 4868–71). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) scale row formula = 14-14-14; (2) midtail scale rows = 10; (3) total length = 125–163 (x– = 147.2) mm; (4) total midodrsals = 242–260 (x– = 249.8); (5) subcaudals = 14–20 (x– = 16.3); (6) relative body pro- portion = 43–58 (x– = 47.8); (7) relative tail length = 4.4%–6.9% (x– = 5.7%); (8) relative tail width = 2.5–4.3 (x– = 3.3); (9) relative rostral width = 0.29–0.42 (x– = 0.36); (10) relative eye size = 0.36–0.44 (x– = 0.41); (10) rostral subtriangular with truncated apex, not or just reaching eye level; (11) supralabials 2, moderate anterior supralabial reaching mid-eye level; (12) frontal hexagonal, as wide than long; (13) supraoculars large, twice as broad as deep, posterior borders parallel to supranasal borders; (14) widest anteriormost vertebral scale 5th; (15) parietals deeper than occipitals, oriented transversely; (16) infralabials 3; (17) cloacal shield subtriangular; (18) head brown, with a small yellow spot on rostral; (19) dorsum with 7 dark brown to black stripes composed of contiguous strings of triangular- or diamond-shaped spots bordered by moderate to broad zigzag yellow stripes (= 7 dark stripes); (20) venter uniform brown; (21) midbody stripe formula (7 + 0) and middorsal pattern (3D + 4L); (22) tail with a pale terminal spot covering the 0–1 (x– = 0.4) dorsal scales and 0–8 (x– = 4.0) ventral scales (ventral/dorsal ratio 10.0); and (23) apical spine a small thin spike. |
| Comment | Synonymy: after Wallach 2016: 98. See this paper also for references. Habitat: This species inhabits agricultural and cultivated areas, tropical deciduous and evergreen forest, and pine-oak forest (Montes de Oca and Pérez-Ramos, 1998; Hernández-Salinas and Ramírez-Bautista, 2013), as well as thorn-scrub regions with abundant acacia with scattered cacti and non-thorny shrubs (Dixon et al., 1972). UTEP H-20217 was found under a stone in an open pasture. Comparisons: see Wallach 2016: 302 for detailed comparisons. |
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