Epictia fallax (PETERS, 1858)
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Black Blind Snake |
Synonym | Stenostoma fallax PETERS 1858 Epictia fallax — NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015: 294 |
Distribution | Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcón, Distrito Capital, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Vargas y Yaracuy) Type locality: “Laguayra” |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 9550 |
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Comment | Synonymy: Natera-Mumaw et al. (2016) removed Stenostoma fallax Peters from the synonymy of E. goudotii and recognized E. fallax as the name for the population occurring in northern Venezuela. Wallach 2016: 315 agrees with this assessment; however, he had only one specimen for his analysis and no molecular analysis seems to have been done. Distribution: see map 59 in NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015. |
Etymology | A Latin adjective meaning ‘deceptive’ or ‘fallacious’ in the neutral nominative, with unclear justification. |
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