Cayman Brac blind snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Cubatyphlops
Species:
C. epactius
Binomial name
Cubatyphlops epactius
(Thomas, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops biminiensis epactia
    Thomas, 1968
  • Typhlops epactia
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
  • Typhlops epactius
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Cubatyphlops epactius
    — Hedges et al., 2014

The Cayman Brac blind snake (Cubatyphlops epactius) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3][4]

Geographic range

C. epactius is endemic to the Cayman Islands.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. epactius are coastal marine, supratidal, and forest at altitudes of 2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. epactius is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Echternacht S (2016). "Typhlops epactius (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75607275A115492357. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T75607275A75608154.en. Downloaded on 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cubatyphlops epactius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series), ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Cubatyphlops epactius, new combination, p. 46).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1999). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Typhlops epactia, new status, p. 647).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Typhlops biminiensis epactia, p. 196).
  • Thomas R (1968). "The Typhlops biminiensis Group of Antillean Blind Snakes". Copeia 1968 (4): 713–722. (Typhlops biminiensis epactia, new subspecies, p. 715).



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