Tantilla moesta

Tantilla moesta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Tantilla
Species: Tantilla moesta

Name

Tantilla moesta (Günther, 1863)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.74 (formerly BMNH 1864.1.26.119), ♀, collected by O. Salvin & F.D. Godman between 1861–1863.
• Type locality: “Province of Peten”, restricted to “Flores, El Petén, Guatemala” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 318).

Combinations

• Homalocranium moestum Günther, 1863: 352 [original combination]
• Tantilla moesta — Cope, 1866: 126 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1863. Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 12(71): 348–365. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla moesta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
• Lee, J. & Calderón Mandujano, R. 2013. IUCN: Tantilla moesta  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63951A3131860. {{doi|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63951A3131860.en}

Vernacular names

English: Blackbelly Centipede Snake