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Epictia goudotii
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L. goudotii
Binomial name
Leptotyphlops goudotii
Synonyms
  • Stenostoma goudotii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Glauconia goudotii
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Leptotyphlops goudotii
    Amaral, 1929
  • Epictia goudotii
    Adalsteinsson et al., 2009[1]

Leptotyphlops goudotii, or the black blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to Middle America.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, goudotii, is in honor of French naturalist Justin-Marie Goudot.[4]

Geographic range

In Central America, L. goudotii is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Oaxaca), Nicaragua, and Panama.[1]

In South America, it is found in western Colombia, Venezuela,[5] and on associated islands.[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptotyphlops.

The subspecific name, bakewelli, is in honor of Anderson Bakewell (1913-1999), an American Jesuit priest, who collected the type specimen.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Epictia goudotii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 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. ^ a b 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 bakewelli, p. 15; Leptotyphlops goudotii, p. 104).
  5. ^ Freiberg MA. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops goudotii goudotii, p. 118).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Glauconia goudotii, p. 64).
  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G. 1844. Erpétologie génerale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome sixième [Volume 6]. Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (Stenostoma goudotii, new species, p. 330). (in French).
  • Jan [G]. 1861. Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison [Issue 2]. (Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli). Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Stenostoma goudotii, Plate V, figure 2; Plate VI, figure 2). (in French).