Epictica diaplocia Orejas-Miranda, 1969

Llanqui, Irbin B., Y. Salas, Cinthya & Oblitas, Melissa P., 2019, A preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of La Nube Biological Station, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru, Check List 15 (5), pp. 773-796 : 790

Epictica diaplocia Orejas-Miranda, 1969

Figure 7E, 7F

Material examined. MUSA 4107; PT2, 24.IX.2013.

Identification. A small blind snake, total length 92–196 mm. It can be identified by a cylindrical body; eyes cov- ered by a large scale; supraocular close to the top of the first supralabial but not in contact; 205–233 dorsal scales. Dorsum reddish brown with dark brown longitudinal lines. Venter dull tan. Tip of tail cream. There are no similar species in adjacent localities ( Orejas-Miranda 1969, Duellman 2005). Additional morphometrics and pholidosis of this specimen are in Table 7.

Distribution. Epictia diaplocia is distributed in eastern Peru and northwestern Brazil from 45 to 1500 m a.s.l. (Wallach et al. 2014, Uetz and Hošek 2019).

Remarks. This specimen compares favorably with the description of Orejas-Miranda (1969) ( Table 7), extending the species’ range south> 120 km from Cusco Amazónico, Peru, and is the first record for the Puno Region.