Epictia goudotii
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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]
- Leptotyphlops goudotii bakewelli Oliver, 1937
- Leptotyphlops goudotii goudotii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Leptotyphlops goudotii phenops (Cope, 1875)
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
- ^ a b c d "Epictia goudotii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Leptotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).