The preferred natural habitat of Epictia goudotii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600m (2,000ft), but it has also been found in agricultural clearings.[1]
Description
A small species, Epictia goudotii usually has a total length (including a short tail) of about 11cm (4.3in), but may grow to 16cm (6.3in). There are 14 scale rows around the body, throughout the whole length of the body, and there are 10 scale rows around the middle of the tail.[2]
↑ Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN0-87666-912-7. (Leptotyphlops goudotii goudotii, p. 118).
Further reading
Adalsteinsson SA, Branch WR, Trape S, Vitt LJ, Hedges SB (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa2244: 1–50. (Epictia goudotii, new combination).
Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Glauconiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Glauconia goudotii, p.64).
Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G (1844). Erpétologie génerale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome sixième [Volume 6]. Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (Stenostoma goudotii, new species, p.330). (in French).
Jan [G] (1861). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Deuxième livraison [Issue 2]. (Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli). Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I–VI. (Stenostoma goudotii, Plate V, figure 2; Plate VI, figure 2). (in French).
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