Northern blind snake
Appearance
Northern blind snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Genus: | Epictia |
Species: | E. teaguei
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Binomial name | |
Epictia teaguei Orejas-Miranda, 1964
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The northern blind snake (Epictia teaguei) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Peru.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, teaguei, is in honor of Gerard Warden Teague (1885–1974), a herpetologist and ichthyologist who was born in England and worked in South America.[4]
Geographic range
[edit]E. teaguei is found in northern Peru.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Species Epictia teaguei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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). (Leptotyphlops teaguei, p. 44).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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 teaguei, p. 262).
Further reading
[edit]- 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 teaguei, new combination).
- Orejas-Miranda BR (1964). "Dos nuevos Leptotyphlopidae de Sur America ". Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 8 (103): 1–7. (Leptotyphlops teaguei, new species). (in Spanish).