Epacrophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Leptotyphlopinae
Genus: Epacrophis
Species (3): E. boulengeri – E. drewesi – E. reticulatus
Name

Epacrophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch in Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 27

Type species: Glauconia reticulata Boulenger, 1906, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Additional references

Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2007. A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 1408: 1–78. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Epacrophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2021.

Epacrophis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae.[1] All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Epacrophis boulengeri, Manda flesh-pink blind snake, Lamu worm snake
Epacrophis drewesi, Drewes's worm snake
Epacrophis reticulatus, reticulate blind snake

References

Epacrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018