Cayman Brac blind snake

Cayman Brac blind snake
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Cubatyphlops
Species:	C. epactius
Binomial name
Cubatyphlops epactius (Thomas, 1968)
Synonyms
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.

Geographic range

C. epactius is endemic to the Cayman Islands.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. epactius is oviparous.

References

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).