Rio Grande do Sul blind snake

Rio Grande do Sul blind snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:Epictia
Species: E. munoai
Binomial name
Epictia munoai
Orejas-Miranda, 1961
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptotyphlops munoai Orejas-Miranda, 1961
  • Epictia munoai
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009

The Rio Grande do Sul blind snake (Epictia munoai) is a species of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae .[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).[4]

Geographic range

E. munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Epictia munoai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA. 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).
  3. ↑ "Leptotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptotyphlops munoai, p. 185).

Further reading

  • Orejas-Miranda BR. 1961. "Una nueva especie de ofidio de la familia Leptotyphlopidae ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (5): 83-97. (Leptotyphlops munoai, new species). (in Spanish).
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