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Epictia Vonmayi
''Epictia'' is a genus of snakes in the Family (biology), family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and Mexico. Taxonomy Prior to 2009 all species of ''Epictia'' were placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''. Species The genus ''Epictia'' contains the following 44 species which are recognized as being valid: www.reptile-database.org. *''Epictia albifrons'' *''Epictia albipuncta'' *''Epictia alfredschmidti'' *''Epictia amazonica'' *''Epictia antoniogarciai'' *''Epictia ater'' *''Epictia australis'' – Freiberg's blind snake *''Epictia bakewelli'' – Bakewell's blind snake *''Epictia borapeliotes'' *''Epictia clinorostris'' *''Epictia columbi'' – San Salvador blind snake *''Epictia diaplocia'' – common Peru blind snake *''Epictia fallax'' *''Epictia goudotii'' *''Guayaquila blind snake, Epictia guayaquilensis'' *''Epictia hobartsmithi'' *''Epictia magnamaculata'' *''Epictia martinezi'' *''Epictia melanura'' – dark blin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epictia Tenella
''Epictia tenella'', also known as the Guyana blind snake, is a species of blind snake found on Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in South America, where it ranges from Guyana south to Brazil and northwestern Peru. It can reach a length of 170 mm (6-11/16 in) snout-to-vent. It has a medium brown dorsal surface, with a paler ventral surface and a yellow tail. Its head is dark except for a white to yellow spot covering the upper half of its rostral scale. It is mesophilic. It burrows in damp soil and rotting vegetation, and possibly in ant and termite colonies. It feeds on ants, termites, millipedes, and eggs. File:Epictia tenella 1847.jpg File:Epictia tenella 1847 - cropping.jpg File:Epictia tenella 35966.jpg References * External linksLeptotyphlops tennelaat the Encyclopedia of Life The ''Encyclopedia of Life'' (''EOL'') is a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing trust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Wallach
Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach (born 1947) is an American herpetologist and an expert on blindsnakes and on the systematics, internal anatomy, and taxonomy of snakes. He has contributed to the descriptions of at least 46 species of snakes and has conducted fieldwork on tropical snakes in the Philippines, Nicaragua, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For many years Wallach worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He retired from the museum in 2012, but he continues to work on snake taxonomy. Wallach was the lead editor of the 1,227 page authoritative reference book ''Snakes of the World''. In the 2000s Wallach was one of several herpetologists who became embroiled in a dispute with Raymond Hoser, a self-published Australian herpetologist, over proper nomenclatorial acts. Hoser charged Wallach with attempting to name species that Hoser had already described in his self-published journal. Wallach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |