The Rio Grande do Sul blind snake (Epictia munoai) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae .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). The species is native to southern South America.
Etymology The specific name, munoai, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Juan Ignacio Muñoa (1925–1960).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptotyphlops munoai, p. 185).
Geographic distribution Epictia munoai is found in northern Argentina, extreme southern Brazil, and Uruguay.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Epictia munoai are forest and grassland.
Reproduction Epictia munoai 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. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Leptotyphlops munoai, p. 118).
Orejas-Miranda BR (1961). "Una nueva especie de ofidio de la familia Leptotyphlopidae ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (5): 83–97. (Leptotyphlops munoai, new species). (in Spanish).