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Epictia albifrons

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Epictia albifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Epictia
Species:
E. albifrons
Binomial name
Epictia albifrons
(Wagler, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma albifrons
  • Typhlops albifrons
  • Glauconia albifrons
  • Leptotyphlops albifrons

Epictia albifrons, known as Wagler's blind snake or silver snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae[1][2] of blind snakes native to Argentina (Tucuman, Salta), Bolivia, Brazil and South-Africa.[3]

References

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  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. ^ Epictia albifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database