Epictia amazonica (OREJAS-MIRANDA, 1969)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: South American Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops amazonicus OREJAS-MIRANDA 1969: 1 Epictia amazonica — NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015: 292
Distribution	Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana Type locality: Esmeralda, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 36664
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Comment	Synonymy: Epictia amazonica has been resurrected from the synonymy of E. signata by NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015 (and hence not listed by Starace 2013 for French Guiana). Distribution: See map 59 in NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	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 Orejas-Miranda 1969. Tres nuevos Leptotyphlops (Reptilia: Serpentes). Comun. Zool. Mus. hist. nat. Montevideo, 10 (124): 11 pp.
External links	Google images

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