The San Salvador blind snake (Epictia columbi) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the Caribbean.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume).
Etymology The specific name, columbi, is in honor of Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 57).
Geographic range Epictia columbi is endemic to San Salvador Island in The Bahamas.Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 188).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Epictia columbi are forest and shrubland.
Description Epictia columbi may attain a total length (including tail) of . It has 14 scale rows around the body. The rostral and head are brown. The body is black to blackish brown dorsally (11 scale rows), and reddish brown to yellowish brown ventrally (3 scale rows).
Diet Epictia columbi preys upon termites.
Reproduction Epictia columbi is oviparous.
References
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)". Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. (Epictia columbi, new combination). Klauber LM (1939). "Three New Worm Snakes of the Genus Leptotyphlops ". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9 (14): 59–65. (Leptotyphlops columbi, new species, pp. 62–64 + Figures 3a & 3b on p. 65). Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Leptotyphlops columbi, p. 618). Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. . (Epictia columbi, p. 276).