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Tantillita

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Tantillita is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America.[1]

Species and subspecies

Three species are recognized as being valid. One species has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or the subspecies, respectively, was originally described in a genus other than Tantillita.

Etymology

The specific name, lintoni, is in honor of American archeologist Linton Satterthwaite.[2]

The subspecific name, rozellae, is in honor of American herpetologist Rozella Blood Smith, wife of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[2]

Reproduction

All species in the genus Tantillita are oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Genus Tantillita at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tantillita lintoni, p. 159; T. l. rozellae, p. 228).
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Tantillita: Brief Summary

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Tantillita is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America.

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