Epictia venegasi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS, 2016

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
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Common Names
Synonym	Epictia venegasi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS 2016
Distribution	Peru (Cajamarca) Type locality: Cachachi-Moyan, Province Cajabamba, Region Cajamarca, Peru (07°37'2.348’’ S, 078°10'47.565’’ W, 2551 m elevation)
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MUSA 4252, collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 21 March 2015. Paratypes (8): MUSA 4248, from Cachachi-Moyan, Province Cajabamba, Region Cajamarca, Peru (07°37’6.354’’ S, 078°10’48.452’’ W, 2567 m a.s.l.) collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 21 March 2015; MUSA 4237, MUSA 4238, MUSA 4239, MUSA 4240, MUSA 4241, MUSA 4242, MUSA 4253, from Cachachi-Moyan, Province Cajabamba, Region Cajamarca, Peru (07°37' S, 078°11’ W, 2672–2736 m a.s.l.) collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 22 March 2015.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: (1) 14 midbody scale rows; (2) 10 midtail scale rows; (3) usually 2 supralabials, anterior one larger and in broad contact with supraocular in most of the specimens; (4) 17–19 subcaudals; (5) 211–221 mid-dorsal scale rows; (6) each body scale black on anterior half, yellow on posterior half, on dorsal surface of body with black margins and yellowish margins ventrally; (7) eyes usually entirely visible in dorsal view; (8) bright yellow blotch on dorsal surface of rostral; (9) terminal part of tail yellow; (10) distributed > 2000 m a.s.l. Additional details (3029 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	The species name venegasi is a noun (genitive case) and a patronym for Pablo Venegas, Peruvian herpetologist, in recognition of his important contributions to the systematics of amphibians and reptiles from his home country.
References	KOCH, CLAUDIA; ROY SANTA CRUZ, & HEIDY CÁRDENAS 2016. Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. Zootaxa 4150 (2): 101–122 - get paper here Kwet, Axel 2017. Neue Arten: Liste der im Jahr 2016 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (3): 54-70 - 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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