Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Epictia
Species: Epictia vonmayi
Name
- Epictia vonmayi Koch, Santa Cruz & Cárdenas, 2016
- Holotype: MUSA 4342.
- Type locality: La Granja-Río Tinto, District Querocoto, Province Chota, Region Cajamarca, Peru.
- Etymology: The species name vonmayi is a noun (genitive case) and a patronym for Rudolf von May, Peruvian herpetologist, in recognition of his important contributions to the ecology and conservation of amphibians from his home country.
References
Primary references
- Koch, C., Santa Cruz, R. & Cárdenas, H. 2016. Two new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from Northern Peru. Zootaxa 4150(2): 101–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.1 Reference page.