Tantilla jani

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 jani

Name

• Tantilla jani (Günther, 1895)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.68, ♀. [designated by Smith (1942: 37)]

Type locality: “Guatemala; Nicaragua, Matagalpa 3250 feet”, restricted by lectotype selection to “Guatemala” by Smith (1942: 37).

Combinations

• Homalocranium jani Günther, 1895: 148 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1885–1902. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Volume 7. Reptilia and Batrachia. R.H. Porter: London. i–xx + 326 pp., 76 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla jani. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 April 2018.
• Hammerson, G.A. & Muñoz-Alons, A. 2014. IUCN: Tantilla jani  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T63949A3131729. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T63949A3131729.en

Vernacular names

English: Jan's Centipede Snake