Tantilla cascadae

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 cascadae

Name

Tantilla cascadae Wilson & Meyer, 1981: 13

• Holotype: AMNH 107389, ♀, collected by D.F. Brand in June 1939.
• Type locality: “Tzaráracua Falls (= Cascada la Tzaráracua), S of Uruapán (10.5 km south, according to Duellman, 1961), Michoacán, México”.

References

Primary references

• Wilson, L.D. & Meyer, J.R. 1981. Systematics of the Calamarina group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 42: 1–25. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla cascadae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
• Canseco-Márquez, L., Campbell, J.A., Ponce-Campos, P., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Tantilla cascadae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63939A12730009. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63939A12730009.en

Vernacular names

English: Michoacán Centipede Snake
español: Culebra Centipedívora de Michoacán

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