Epictia albipuncta

Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2][3][4]

Epictia albipuncta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epictia
Species:	E. albipuncta
Binomial name
Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta Burmeister, 1861 Stenostoma melanoterma Cope, 1862 Stenostoma (Typhlops) undecimstriatus var. albipuncta — Jan, 1863 Stenostoma flavifrons Weyenbergh in Napp, 1876 Stenostoma melanostoma Günther, 1885 (ex errore) Stenostoma melanosterna Boulenger, 1893 (ex errore) Leptotyphlops weyrauchi Orejas-Miranda, 1964 Leptotyphlops melanotermus — Orejas-Miranda, 1964 Leptotyphlops albipuncta — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 Leptotyphlops albifrons — Ábalos & Mischis, 1975 (part) Leptotyphlops albipunctus — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Epictia albipuncta — Adalsteisson et al., 2009 Epictia melanoterma — Wallach et al., 2014 Epictia weyrauchi — Wallach et al., 2014

Geographic range

E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly southern Peru.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. albipuncta are grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Reproduction

E. albipuncta is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[5]

References

1. Cacciali P, Giraudo A, Scott N, Scrocchi G, Arzamendia V (2017). "Epictia albipuncta ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50956442A50956450. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50956442A50956450.en. Downloaded on 24 July 2018.
2. Epictia albipuncta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
4. "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
5. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, p. 283).

Further reading

• Adalsteinson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Epictia albipuncta, new combination).
• Burmeister H (1861). Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgrführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 und 1860. Zweiter Bande [Volume Two]. Die nordwestlichen Provinzen und die Cordilleren zwischen Catamarca und Copiapó umfassend. Nebst einer systematischen Uebersicht der beobachteten Rückgratthiere. Mit einer Charte bereisten Gegenden. Halle, Germany: H.W. Schmidt. v + 538 pp. (Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta, new variety, pp. 527–528). (in German).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops albipuncta, p. 117; L. weyrauchi, p. 118 + two photographs on p. 6).
• Kretzschmar S (2006). "Revisión histórica y redescripción de Leptotyphlops albipunctus (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)". Cuadernos de Herpetologia 19: 43–56. (in Spanish).
• Orejas-Miranda BR (1964). "Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America". Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 8: 1–7. (Leptotyphlops weyrauchi, new species). (in Spanish).