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Latin American Blind Snake
Epictia albipuncta
Epictia albipuncta is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to South America.
From the article Epictia albipuncta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
E. albipuncta is found in Argentina, Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly southern Peru.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, weyrauchi (of the synonym Leptotyphlops weyrauchi), is in honor of German-Peruvian malacologist Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Epictia albipuncta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32541.