Tantilla deppei
| Tantilla deppei | |
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| Figure 11, bottom right corner | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. deppei
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla deppei (Bocourt, 1883)
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Tantilla deppei, also known commonly as Deppe's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Deppe in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, deppei, is in honor of German naturalist Ferdinand Deppe.[3]: 70
Geographic range
Tantilla deppei is found in central Mexico.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla deppei is forest.[1]
Behavior
Tantilla deppei is terrestrial, sheltering under rocks and other cover on the ground.[1]
Reproduction
Tantilla deppei is oviparous.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d Canseco-Márquez, L.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Tantilla deppei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63944A12730390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63944A12730390.en. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Tantilla deppei 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
- Bocourt MF (1883). "Études sur les reptiles ". pp. i–xiv, 1–1012. In: Duméril A[HA], Bocourt MF, Mocquard F (1870–1909). Recherches zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de la Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Paris: Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique. (Impremerie Impériale, printers). (Homalocranion deppei, new species, p. 584 + Plate 36, figures 11, 11a–11d). (in French).
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899731002. 572 pp.
- Morales-Posada, Oscar; García-Padilla, Eli; Wilson, Larry D.; Mata-Silva, Vicente (2020). "Geographic Distribution. Tantilla deppei (Deppe's Centipede Snake) Mexico: Oaxaca". Herpetological Review. 51 (2): 276.
- Wilson, Larry David (1988). "Tantilla deppei (Bocourt)". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 452: 1.