Range: Brazil, unknown

 

This species may be one of the single most enigmatic taxa among the already elusive blindsnakes, being known only from the early 1900’s holotype collection to which no locality was tied (even “Brazil” is an educated guess). This holotype is estimated at around 24 cm in length, extremely slender and cylindrical with a blunt, dorsally flattened rounded head barely wider than the neck. The tail is short and blunt, barely tapered and sporting no obvious terminal spine as seen in most other species. Dorsal scale count is less than 250, scale row count 14 reduced to 10 caudally. Colore before preservation was reported as uniquely uniform black dorsally, an odd trait within a genus usually marked by striated animals.

 

Habitat: unknown, likely under soil and loose bark.

 

Prey: unknown, likely small soft-bodied invertebrates.

 

Lifespan and reproduction: lifespan unknown. Reproduction unknown, though likely oviparous like its relatives.

 

Sources: https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/Epictia/unicolor
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24676