Biology:Tantillita

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Tantillita
Tantillita canula.jpg
Tantillita canula
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Tantillita
H.M. Smith, 1941

Tantillita is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America.[1]

Species and subspecies

Three species are recognized as being valid. One species has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

  • Tantillita brevissima (Taylor, 1937) - speckled dwarf short-tail snake
  • Tantillita canula (Cope, 1876) - Yucatan dwarf short-tail snake
  • Tantillita lintoni (H.M. Smith, 1940) - brown dwarf short-tailed snake, Linton's dwarf short-tail snake,
    • Tantillita lintoni lintoni (H.M. Smith, 1940)
    • Tantillita lintoni rozellae Pérez-Higareda, 1985

Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or the subspecies, respectively, was originally described in a genus other than Tantillita.

Etymology

The specific name, lintoni, is in honor of American archeologist Linton Satterthwaite.[2]

The subspecific name, rozellae, is in honor of American herpetologist Rozella Blood Smith, wife of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[2]

Reproduction

All species in the genus Tantillita are oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Genus Tantillita at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tantillita lintoni, p. 159; T. l. rozellae, p. 228).

Further reading

  • Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN:978-3899731002.
  • Smith HM (1941). "A new genus of Central American snakes related to Tantilla ". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31 (3): 115-117. (Tantillita, new genus, p. 117).

Wikidata ☰ Q2429760 entry