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Zootaxa, 2010 Threadsnakes of the tribe Epictini are endemic to the New World, occurring from the United States to Argentina, mostly in the Neotropical region. Currently, the taxonomic status of most species is unclear and there has been no previous attempt of a comprehensive taxonomic revision of Neotropical taxa.
Pinto, Roberta Richard +4 more
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Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea +5 more
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Multiple independent structural dynamic events in the evolution of snake mitochondrial genomes [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Mitochondrial DNA sequences have long been used in phylogenetic studies. However, little attention has been paid to the changes in gene arrangement patterns in the snake’s mitogenome.
Lifu Qian +6 more
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A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century.
Claudia Koch +2 more
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Zootaxa, 2007 Published, First (2007): A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae).
DONALD G. BROADLEY, VAN WALLACH
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 304, Issue 10, Page 2183-2197, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Since the rearrangement of all leptotyphlopid species previously known as “Leptotyphlops” in Adalsteinsson et al. (2009)'s paper, several taxa have remained untested regarding their generic identity and have been assigned to different genera based on phenotypic data or, in some cases, without any clear justification.
Claudia Koch +4 more
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, 2006 Espèce Leptotyphlops adleri (Hahn et Wallach, 1998) Noms communs Leptotyphlops d’AdlerAdler’s Worm Snake Identification rapide Aspect général d’un ver de terre. Écailles dorsales et ventrales identiques. 14 rangs d’écailles au milieu du corps.
Jean-François Trape, Youssouph Mané
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Reptilia, Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops, Ecuador: re-evaluation of the species cited for the country [PDF]
Check List, 2008 Upon analysis of the information supporting the inclusion of different Leptotyphlops taxa as part of the herpetofauna of Ecuador, I conclude that Leptotyphlops anthracinus, L. guayaquilensis, and L.
Diego Cisneros-Heredia
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Taxonomy of Epictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) (Squamata: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)
Zootaxa, 2012 The wormsnakes Leptotyphlopidae include the smallest and thinnest snakes of the world. This group has historically fewtaxonomic studies and the descriptions of taxa in general are superficial, frequently preventing an accurate identification.This family includes the genus Epictia with many representatives with taxonomic major issues, including Epictia ...
Francisco, Bárbara Cristina S. +2 more
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Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru
Zootaxa, 2016 Herein, we describe two new thread snake species of the genus Epictia from elevations higher than 2000 meters above sea level in the Andes of the Cajamarca Region in Northern Peru. Both species share 10 midtail scale rows, a broad contact between the anterior supralabial and the supraocular scales in most of the specimens, and a yellow spot on the ...
Koch, Claudia +2 more
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