Epictia vellardi is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to 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. vellardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Epictia vellardi Laurent, 1984
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Etymology edit
The specific name, vellardi, is in honor of French herpetologist Jehan Albert Vellard, who for most of his life lived and worked in South America.[4]
Geographic range edit
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Species Epictia vellardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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 vellardi, p. 273).
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 vellardi, new combination).
- Cabral H, Netto F (2016). "Geographic Distribution: Epictia vellardi ". Herpetological Review 47 (1): 83.
- Laurent RF (1984). "El género Leptotyphlops en la colección de la Fundación Miguel Lillo ". Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (1): 29–34. (Leptotyphlops vellardi, new species). (in Spanish).