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Epictia vonmayi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS, 2016

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Higher TaxaLeptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEpictia vonmayi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS 2016 
DistributionPeru (Cajamarca)

Type locality: La Granja-Río Tinto, District Querocoto, Province Chota, Region Cajamarca, Peru (06°20'30.592’’ S, 079°06'41.058’’ W, 2069 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MUSA 4342, collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 15 January 2013. Paratype. MUSA 4340, from La Granja-Río Tinto, District Querocoto, Province Chota, Region Cajamarca, Peru (06°20'38.825’’ S, 079°06'31.007’’ W, 1985 m a.s.l.) collected by R. Santa Cruz and H. Cardenas on 15 January 2013. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: (1) 14 midbody scale rows; (2) 10 midtail scale rows; (3) usually 2 supralabials, anterior one in broad contact with supraocular; (4) 18 subcaudals; (5) 196–205 mid-dorsal scale rows; (6) 14 black longitudinal stripes around the body, with each stripe running through the center of each scale, separated by bright yellow interspaces; (7) tail with 10 black longitudinal stripes running through the center of each scale, separated by yellow interspaces; (8) dorsal surface of rostral bright yellow; (9) terminal part of tail yellow; (10) distributed ~ 2000 m a.s.l.


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CommentHabitat: under stones or trunks in a sloped mountain shrubland interspersed with crops.

Sympatry: E. teaguei, Polychrus peruvianus, Stenocercus arndti. 
EtymologyThe species name vonmayi is a noun (genitive case) and a patronym for Rudolf von May, Peruvian herpetologist, in recognition of his important contributions to the ecology and conservation of amphibians 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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