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Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epictia
Species:	E. munoai
Binomial name
Epictia munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
Synonyms
Leptotyphlops munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961 Epictia munoai — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

The Rio Grande do Sul blind snake (Epictia munoai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae . The species is endemic to southern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).

Distribution and habitat

E. munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, and Uruguay.

Reproduction

E. munoai is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Species Epictia munoai at 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).
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 munoai, p. 185).

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.
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops munoai, p. 118).
• Orejas-Miranda BR (1961). "Una nueva especie de ofidio de la familia Leptotyphlopidae ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (5): 83–97. (Leptotyphlops munoai, new species). (in Spanish).

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