Epictia
Epictia is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
| Epictia | |
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| Epictia tenella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Epictinae |
| Genus: | Epictia Gray, 1845 |
Taxonomy
All species of Epictia were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species
The genus Epictia contains the following 43 species which are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Epictia albifrons
- Epictia albipuncta
- Epictia alfredschmidti
- Epictia amazonica
- Epictia antoniogarciai
- Epictia ater
- Epictia australis – Freiberg's blind snake
- Epictia bakewelli – Bakewell's blind snake
- Epictia borapeliotes
- Epictia clinorostris
- Epictia columbi – San Salvador blind snake
- Epictia diaplocia – common Peru blind snake
- Epictia fallax
- Epictia goudotii
- Epictia hobartsmithi
- Epictia magnamaculata
- Epictia martinezi
- Epictia melanura – dark blind snake
- Epictia munoai – Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
- Epictia pauldwyeri
- Epictia peruviana – Peru blind snake
- Epictia phenops
- Epictia resetari
- Epictia rioignis
- Epictia rubrolineata – red-lined blind snake
- Epictia rufidorsa – rose blind snake
- Epictia schneideri
- Epictia septemlineata
- Epictia signata
- Epictia striatula
- Epictia subcrotilla – Klauber's blind snake
- Epictia teaguei – northern blind snake
- Epictia tenella
- Epictia tesselata – Tschudi's blind snake
- Epictia tricolor – three-colored blind snake
- Epictia undecimstriata – eleven-striped blind snake
- Epictia unicolor
- Epictia vanwallachi
- Epictia vellardi
- Epictia venegasi
- Epictia vindumi
- Epictia vonmayi
- Epictia wynni
References
- Genus Epictia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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