Epictia signata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Genus: | Epictia |
| Species: | E. signata
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia signata (Jan, 1861)
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Epictia signata, or the South American blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to northwestern South America.
Description
[edit]Epictia signata is brown dorsally, and it is light brown ventrally. The rostral and the end of the tail are white.[2]
The holotype has a total length (tail included) of 130 mm (5.1 in), and a body diameter of 2 mm (0.079 in). There are 14 rows of scales around the body.[5]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Epictia signata is found in Colombia,[2] Ecuador,[1] and Venezuela.[2]
The type locality given by Jan is "patrie inconnue" [= homeland unknown].
Reproduction
[edit]Epictia signata is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cisneros-Heredia DF, Calderón M, Ortega A, Rivas G (2021)."Epictia signata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44582109A44582118.en. Accessed on 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Species Epictia signata 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). (Leptotyphlos signatus, p. 43).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Boulenger GA (1893).
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 signata, new combination).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia signata, new combination, p. 64).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. ("Leptotyphlops signatum [sic]", p. 118).
- Jan [G] (1861). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison [= General Iconography of the Snakes, Second Issue]. [illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli]. Paris: [J.-B. Baillière]. index + Plates I–VI. (Stenostoma signatum, new species, Plate V, figure 3 & Plate VI, figure 3, ten views). (in French).