Epictia columbi (KLAUBER, 1939)
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Epictia columbi
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bahamian Threadsnake, San Salvador Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops albifrons — STEJNEGER 1905: 335 (part) Glauconia albifrons — WERNER 1917: 203 (part) Leptotyphlops columbi KLAUBER 1939: 62 Leptotyphlops colombi — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946: 142 (in error) Leptotyphlops columbi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 618 Leptotyphlops columbi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 25 Epictia columbi — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia columbi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 276 Epictia columbi — MCCRANIE & HEDGES 2016 |
| Distribution | Bahamas, San Salvador I. Type locality: Watlings Island (= San Salvador), Bahamas. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: CM. 1364; paratypes: CM, MCZ, SDNHM = SDSNH |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) scale row formula = 14-14-14; (2) midtail scale rows = 10; (3) total length = 86–183 (x– = 136.0) mm; (4) total middorsals = 240–265 (x– = 255.6); (5) subcaudals = 22–25 (x– = 23.7); (6) relative body pro- portion = 49–69 (x– = 58.3); (7) relative tail length = 5.7%–8.9% (x– = 7.6%); (8) relative tail width = 4.3–6.3 (x– = 5.1); (9) relative rostral width = 0.27–0.44 (x– = 0.35); (10) relative eye size = 0.35–0.41 (x– = 0.38); (10) rostral short and sagittate with a truncated apex, extending to anterior eye level; (11) supralabials 2, moderate anterior supral- abial just reaching eye level; (12) frontal subhexagonal, longer than wide; (13) supraoculars large, twice as broad as deep, posterior borders parallel to posterior supranasal borders; (14) widest anteriormost vertebral scale 3rd or 4th; (15) parietals and occipitals subequal, oriented obliquely; (16) infralabials 4; (17) cloacal shield semilunate in shape; (18) head brown, lacking a pale spot on rostral; (19) dorsum uniform blackish-brown to black (no stripes); (20) midventral 3 rows uniform reddish-brown to yellowish-brown, with a sharp demarcation between the dorsal and ventral color, at least anteriorly; (21) midbody stripe formula (U) and pattern (U); (22) dorsum of tail uniform brown, ventral 3 rows pale yellow; and (23) apical spine a laterally compressed cone (Wallach 2016: 237). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 76 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in MCCRANIE & HEDGES 2016: Fig. 4. |
| Etymology | This species was named in reference to Christopher Columbus, who is credited with discovering the New World, with the first landfall supposedly on San Salvador Island. |
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