Epictia signata, or the South American blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Geographic range edit
E. signatus is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Epictia signata ". 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.
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).