Epictia albipuncta
Species of snake
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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]
| Epictia albipuncta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Etymology
The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.[5]