Epictia venegasi KOCH, SANTA CRUZ & CÁRDENAS, 2016
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Epictia venegasi
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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