Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892
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Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 |
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Family Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892
Epictia borapeliotes ( Vanzolini, 1996) : Figure 17 Leptotyphlophs borapeliotes Vanzolini 1996: 15 — Adalsteinsson et al.
2009: 2244; Freire et al. 2009; Guedes et al. 2014b: 3863; Caldas
et al. 2016: 1929.
Epictia borapeliotes is widespread in the northeast of Brazil ( Vanzolini 1996, Guedes et al. 2014a) and distinguished from other congeners by middorsal scales 256– 276, subcaudal scales 14–18, presence of light rostral and white caudal spots ( Vanzolini 1996). This species is diurnal and nocturnal and has fossorial habits ( Guedes et al. 2014a). The use of the tip of the tail for defense was observed during handling (POC pers. obs.). The voucher of individual is UFRN 4129.
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Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892
| Calixto, Pedro de Oliveira & Abrahão Morato, Sérgio Augusto 2017 |
Epictia borapeliotes (
| Vanzolini PE 1996: 15 |