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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Epictia goudotii species complex (serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) in Middle America and northern South America
McCranie, JR Hedges, SB
McCranie, JR
Hedges, SB
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2016-01-01
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10.7717/peerj.1551
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© 2016 McCranie and Hedges. Here we review the systematics of the threadsnakes of the Epictia goudotii Species complex in Middle and northern South America using external morphology and molecular data. Two species, Epictia goudotii and E. magnamaculata, are currently recognized from that region, but we provide evidence for recognizing, as species, three other nominal forms usually treated as subspecies of E. goudotii: E. ater, E. bakewelli, and E. phenops. Thus, together with E. columbi (Bahamas), we recognize six species in the Epictia goudotii Species complex. Because E. albifrons from northern South America has been confused with E. goudotii in the past, we also briefly discuss the taxonomic status of that species and its apparent close relative E. tenella, which are not members of the E. goudotii complex.
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