Tantilla calamarina
| Tantilla calamarina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. calamarina
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla calamarina Cope, 1866
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Tantilla calamarina, also known commonly as the Pacific Coast centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Geographic range
Tantilla calamarina is found in western central Mexico, in the Mexican states of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, and Sinaloa.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla calamarina is forest.[1]
Reproduction
Tantilla calamarina is oviparous.[2]
Etymology
The specific name of a synonym, martindelcampoi, is in honor of Mexican herpetologist Rafael Martín del Campo.[3]: 69, 169, 215
Taxonomy
Tantilla calamarina is a member of the Tantilla calamarina species group, which also includes T. carolina, T. cascadae, T. ceboruca, T. coronadoi, T. deppei, T. sertula, and T. vermiformis. [2]
References
- ^ a b c Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Tantilla calamarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63938A12729941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63938A12729941.en. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Species Tantilla calamarina at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Cope, E.D. (1866). "Fifth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 18: 317–323. (Tantilla calamarina, new species, p. 320).
- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899731002. 572 pp.
- Palacios-Aguilar, R.; Fucsko, L.A.; Jiménez-Arcos, V.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V. (2022). "Out of the Past: A new species of Tantilla of the calamarina group (Squamata: Colubridae) from southeastern coastal Guerrero, Mexico, with comments on relationships among members of the group". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 16 (2): 120–132 (e320). (contains a key to the calamarina species group).
- Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Berriozabal-Islas, C. (2014). "Morphological variation in a population of Tantilla calamarina Cope, 1866 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guerrero, Mexico, and comments on fossoriality in the calamarina group and Geagras redimitus". Herpetology Notes. 7: 797–805.