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(Redirected from Epictia teaguei) Species of snake For the Australian species also called northern blind snake, see Anilios diversus.

Northern blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Epictia
Species: E. teaguei
Binomial name
Epictia teaguei
Orejas-Miranda, 1964
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops teaguei
    Orejas-Miranda, 1964
  • Epictia teaguei
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

The northern blind snake (Epictia teaguei) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

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.

Geographic range

E. teaguei is found in northern Peru.

Reproduction

E. teaguei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Species Epictia teaguei 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). (Leptotyphlops teaguei, p. 44).
  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 teaguei, p. 262).

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 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).


Taxon identifiers
Epictia teaguei


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