Epictia vellardi

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

Epictia vellardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epictia
Species:	E. vellardi
Binomial name
Epictia vellardi Laurent, 1984
Synonyms[1]
Leptotyphlops vellardi Laurent, 1984 Epictia vellardi — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009 Epictia vellardi — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, vellardi, is in honor of French herpetologist Jehan Albert Vellard, who for most of his life lived and worked in South America.[4]

Geographic range

E. vellardi is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.[1]

Reproduction

E. vellardi is oviparous.[1]

References

1. Species Epictia vellardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
3. "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops vellardi, p. 273).

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 vellardi, new combination).
• Cabral H, Netto F (2016). "Geographic Distribution: Epictia vellardi ". Herpetological Review 47 (1): 83.
• Laurent RF (1984). "El género Leptotyphlops en la colección de la Fundación Miguel Lillo ". Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (1): 29–34. (Leptotyphlops vellardi, new species). (in Spanish).