Epictinae

Epictinae

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
Genera (10): Epictia – Habrophallos – Mitophis – Rena – Rhinoguinea – Rhinoleptus – Siagonodon – Tetracheilostoma – Tricheilostoma – Trilepida

Name

Epictinae Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch in Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 13

• Type genus: Epictia Gray, 1845, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Trape, J.-F. 2014. Une espèce et un genre nouveaux de Rhinoleptini Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009, du Mali (Reptilia, Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 152: 45–56. Reference page. 
• Martins, A., Koch, C., Pinto, R., Folly, M., Fouquet, A. & Passos, P. 2019. From the inside out: Discovery of a new genus of threadsnakes based on anatomical and molecular data, with discussion of the leptotyphlopid hemipenial morphology. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4): 840–863. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12316 Reference page.