NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black Blind Snake
Epictia goudotii (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Epictia goudotii, also known commonly as the black blind snake and the southern Caribbean threadsnake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to Middle America.
Wikipedia contributors, Epictia goudotii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:09:54.534423+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Epictia goudotii (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Name authority
- (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Common name
- Black Blind Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Leptotyphlopidae
- Genus
- Epictia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderScolecophidia Cope, 1864
- familyLeptotyphlopidae
- subfamilyEpictinae
- genusEpictia
- speciesEpictia goudotii (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Epictia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Epictia vellardi (Laurent, 1984) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tschudi's Blind SnakeEpictia tesselata (Tschudi, 1845) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Klauber's Blind SnakeEpictia subcrotilla (Klauber, 1939) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-colored Blind SnakeEpictia tricolor (Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American Blind SnakeEpictia signata (Jan, 1861) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Blind SnakeEpictia magnamaculata (Taylor, 1940) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dark Blind SnakeEpictia melanura (Schmidt & Walker, 1943) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rio Grande do Sul Blind SnakeEpictia munoai (Orejas-Miranda, 1961) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Blind SnakeEpictia ater (Taylor, 1940) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eleven-striped Blind SnakeEpictia undecimstriata (Schlegel, 1839) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Epictia unicolor (Werner, 1913) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Blind SnakeEpictia teaguei (Orejas-Miranda, 1964) | LeptotyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Stenostoma goudotii Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | synonym |
| Leptotyphlops albifrons margaritae Roze, 1952 Roze, 1952 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Epictia&species=goudotii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6G36G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.