Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
| Rio Grande do Sul blind snake | |
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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. munoai
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
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The Rio Grande do Sul blind snake (Epictia munoai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae .[3][4] The species is native to southern South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).[5]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Epictia munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, and Uruguay.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of Epictia munoai are forest and grassland.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Epictia munoai is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cacciali P, Carreira S, Giraudo A, Montero R, Scott N, Scrocchi G, Arzamendia V (2019). "Epictia munoai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15202971A15202980.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Species Epictia munoai 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 ". 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 munoai, p. 185).
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.
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops munoai, p. 118).
- Giraudo, A.R.; Scrocchi, G.J. (2002). "Argentinian Snakes: An Annotated Checklist". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (132): 1–53.
- 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).