Epictia signata

Epictia signata, or the South American blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Epictia signata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epictia
Species:	E. signata
Binomial name
Epictia signata (Jan, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
Stenostoma signatum Jan, 1861 Glauconia signata — Boulenger, 1893 Leptotyphlops signatus — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Epictia signata — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

Geographic range

E. signatus is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.[1]

References

1. "Epictia signata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Leptotyphlos signatus, p. 43).
3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

• Adalsteinsson 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 signata, new combination).
• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia signata, new combination, p. 64).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. ("Leptotyphlops signatum [sic]", p. 118).
• Jan [G] (1861). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison [= General Iconography of the Snakes, Second Issue]. [illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli]. Paris: [J.-B. Baillière]. index + Plates I-VI. (Stenostoma signatum, new species, Plate V, figure 3 & Plate VI, figure 3, ten views). (in French).