Epictia striatula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Epictia
Species: Epictia striatula

Name

Epictia striatula (Smith & Laufe, 1945)

• Holotype: USNM 98889, collected by M. Cárdenas.
• Type locality: “Yamachi, in the Southern Yungas, Bolivia”.

Combinations

• Leptotyphlops striatula Smith & Laufe, 1945: 29 [original combination]
• Epictia striatula — Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges, 2009: 12 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, H.M. & Laufe, L.E. 1945. A new South American Leptotyphlops. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 29–32. BHL Reference page. 
• Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2244.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Epictia striatula. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 January 2020.
• Arzamendia, V., Fitzgerald, L., Giraudo, A., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Scrocchi, G. & Williams, J. 2019. IUCN: Epictia striatula  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50956507A50956513. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T50956507A50956513.en. Accessed on 26 October 2022.