Tantilla johnsoni

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 johnsoni

Name

Tantilla johnsoni Wilson, Vaughan & Dixon, 1999: 1

• Holotype: CM 51741, adult ♂, collected by E.C. Welling on 11 August 1968.
• Type locality: “Musté, Municipio Motozintla, Chiapas, México, approximate elevation 450 m”.
• Paratype: CM 51742, adult ♂, from the same locality as the holotype, collected by E.C. Welling on 11 September 1968.

References

Primary references

• Wilson, L.D., Vaughan, R.K. & Dixon, J.R. 1999. Another New Species of Tantilla of the taeniata Group from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 1–5. DOI: 10.2307/1565535 Reference page. 

Links

• Campbell, J.A. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. IUCN: Tantilla johnsoni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63950A12730946. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63950A12730946.en. Accessed on 22 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Johnson’s Centipede Snake