Epictia signata explained

Epictia signata, or the South American blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.^[1] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Geographic range

E. signatus is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Further reading

• Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. (Epictia signata, new combination).
• 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 signata, new combination, p. 64).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . ("Leptotyphlops signatum [sic]", p. 118).
• Jan [G] (1861). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison [= General Iconography of the Snakes, Second Issue]. [illustrated by [[:fr:Ferdinando Sordelli|Ferdinando Sordelli]]]. Paris: [J.-B. Baillière]. index + Plates I-VI. (Stenostoma signatum, new species, Plate V, figure 3 & Plate VI, figure 3, ten views). (in French).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]