Rio Grande Do Sul Blind Snake (Epictia munoai)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Rio Grande Do Sul Blind Snake (Epictia munoai) made in Domicilio Soriano 1467, Bella Unión, Artigas, Uruguay on 19/12/2021. The photograph was published by Julio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
Se reporta caso de Tanatosis (comportamiento que consiste en fingir la muerte), el animal en este caso segrega fluidos por la cloaca, gira, se retuerce y queda inmóvil por algunos minutos.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Scientific name: | Epictia munoai |
| English Name: | Rio Grande Do Sul Blind Snake |
| Spanish Name: | Viborita de Dos Cabezas de Munoa |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 19/12/2021 |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Province / Department: | Artigas |
| Location or protected area: | Bella Unión |
| Detailed location: | Domicilio Soriano 1467 |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -30.256596, -57.596881 |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
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| Photography ID: | 475707 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 12/19/2021 13:32:47 |
