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Epictia albipuncta

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Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2][3][4]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
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Epictia albipuncta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Epictia
Species:
E. albipuncta
Binomial name
Epictia albipuncta
(Burmeister, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta
    Burmeister, 1861
  • Stenostoma melanoterma
    Cope, 1862
  • Stenostoma (Typhlops) undecimstriatus var. albipuncta
    — Jan, 1863
  • Stenostoma flavifrons
    Weyenbergh in Napp, 1876
  • Stenostoma melanostoma
    Günther, 1885 (ex errore)
  • Stenostoma melanosterna
    Boulenger, 1893 (ex errore)
  • Leptotyphlops weyrauchi
    Orejas-Miranda, 1964
  • Leptotyphlops melanotermus
    — Orejas-Miranda, 1964
  • Leptotyphlops albipuncta
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Leptotyphlops albifrons
    — Ábalos & Mischis, 1975 (part)
  • Leptotyphlops albipunctus
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Epictia albipuncta
    — Adalsteisson et al., 2009
  • Epictia melanoterma
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Epictia weyrauchi
    — Wallach et al., 2014
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Geographic range

E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly southern Peru.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. albipuncta are grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Reproduction

E. albipuncta is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[5]

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