Epictia rufidorsa (TAYLOR, 1940)

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Higher Taxa	Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rose Blind Snake
Synonym	Leptotyphlops rufidorsum TAYLOR 1940: 533 Leptotyphlops rufidorsus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 302 Leptotyphlops rufidorsus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 41 Epictia rufidorsa — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia rufidorsa — WALLACH et al. 2014: 278
Distribution	Peru. Type locality: Lima,Peru.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 49993.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large (265 mm.) species lacking white or yellow spots on snout and tip of tail, and lacking lineated dorsal markings. Supraocular very large, in contact with (or narrowly separated from) first labial. Two labials. Total dorsal scales, 268; 14 scale rows. Tail in body length, 22 times; body width in length about 61 times (Taylor 1940: 533).
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin “rufus” = red and “dorsum” = back.
References	Adalsteinsson, S.A.; Branch, W.R.; Trapé, S.; Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1-50 - get paper here Hedges, S.B., Marion, A.B., Lipp, K.M., Marin, J. & Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1–61 - get paper here McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. 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 Schmidt,K.P. & WALKER Jr. ,W.F. 1943. Snakes of the Peruvian coastal region. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Chicago, 24: 297-327 - get paper here Taylor,E.H. 1940. Herpetological miscellany, no. I. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 26 [1939] (15): 489-571 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/263131059244833 Google images

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