Epictia albipuncta

Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.^[2][3][4]

Epictia albipuncta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Leptotyphlopidae
Genus:	Epictia
Species:	E. albipuncta
Binomial name
Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
Stenostoma albifrons var. albipuncta Burmeister, 1861 Stenostoma melanoterma Cope, 1862 Stenostoma (Typhlops) undecimstriatus var. albipuncta — Jan, 1863 Stenostoma flavifrons Weyenbergh in Napp, 1876 Stenostoma melanostoma Günther, 1885 (ex errore) Stenostoma melanosterna Boulenger, 1893 (ex errore) Leptotyphlops weyrauchi Orejas-Miranda, 1964 Leptotyphlops melanotermus — Orejas-Miranda, 1964 Leptotyphlops albipuncta — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 Leptotyphlops albifrons — Ábalos & Mischis, 1975 (part) Leptotyphlops albipunctus — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999 Epictia albipuncta — Adalsteisson et al., 2009 Epictia melanoterma — Wallach et al., 2014 Epictia weyrauchi — Wallach et al., 2014

Geographic range

E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly southern Peru.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. albipuncta are grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest.^[1]

Reproduction

E. albipuncta is oviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.^[5]