''Epictia goudotii'', or the black blind snake, is a
species of
snake in the
family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is
endemic to
Middle America.
[ 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. (series). (volume).]
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''goudotii'', is in honor of
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
naturalist Justin-Marie Goudot.
[Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptotyphlops bakewelli'', p. 15; ''Leptotyphlops goudotii'', p. 104).]
Geographic range
In
Central America, ''E. goudotii'' is found in
Belize,
Costa Rica
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,
El Salvador
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,
Guatemala
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,
Honduras
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,
Mexico (
Oaxaca),
Nicaragua, and
Panama.
In
South America, it is found in western
Colombia
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,
Venezuela,
[ Freiberg MA (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (''Leptotyphlops goudotii goudotii'', p. 118).] and on associated islands.
References
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''
olume 6 Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (''Stenostoma goudotii'', new species, p. 330). (in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
).
*
Jan (1861). ''Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison''
ssue 2 (Illustrated by
Ferdinando Sordelli
Ferdinando may refer to:
Politics
* Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609)
* Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670)
* Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo ...
). Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (''Stenostoma goudotii'', Plate V, figure 2; Plate VI, figure 2). (in French).
Epictia
Reptiles described in 1844
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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