Tantilla oaxacae

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 oaxacae

Name

Tantilla oaxacae Wilson & Meyer, 1971: 26

• Holotype: UIMNH 40910, adult ♂, collected by Thomas MacDougall in February 1956.
• Type locality: “Santo Tomas Teipan, Oaxaca, México”.

References

Primary references

• Wilson, L.D. & Meyer, J.R. 1971. A revision of the taeniata group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. Herpetologica 27(1): 11–40. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla oaxacae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. IUCN: Tantilla oaxacae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63953A12731164. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63953A12731164.en

Vernacular names

English: Oaxacan Centipede Snake
español: Culebra centipedívora de Oaxaca

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