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Epictia hobartsmithi ESQUEDA, SCHLÜTER, MACHADO, CASTELAÍN & NATERA-MUMAW, 2015

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEpictia hobartsmithi ESQUEDA, SCHLÜTER, MACHADO, CASTELAÍN & NATERA-MUMAW in NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015: 415 
DistributionVenezuela

Type locality: “Cima del Tepui Guaiquinima, a 1180 m de altitud, coordenadas geográficas 5°54' N y 63°33' O, Campamento 2”  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: EBRG 2523, sexo sin definir, colectado por H. Mägdefrau y A. Schlüter en febrero de 1990. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (13254 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith (1912‐2013). 
References
  • Esqueda, Luis Felipe; Andreas Schlüter, Claiton Machado, Manuel Castelaín y Marco Natera Mumaw 2015. Una Nueva Especie de Cieguita o Serpiente de Gusano (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae : Epictia) nativa del Tepui Guai quinima, Provincia Pantepui en el Escudo de Guayana, Venezuela. In: Natera-Mumaw et al. 2015, Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela: Appendix II, Santiago de Chile, pp. 414-415 - get paper here
  • Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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