Tantilla tecta

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 tecta

Name

Tantilla tecta Campbell & Smith, 1997: 333

• Holotype: UTA R-41160, adult ♀.
• Type locality: “slope flanking the NE side of Laguna Yaxhá, Petén, Guatemala (17°03’43’’ N, 89°23’12’’ W).”

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. & Smith, E.N. 1997. A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northeastern Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(3): 332–337. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla tecta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 March 2018.
• Acevedo, M., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Johnson, J. 2014. IUCN: Tantilla tecta  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203330A2764091. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203330A2764091.en

Vernacular names

English: White-Striped Centipede Snake