Tantillita
| Tantillita | |
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| Tantillita canula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Tantillita H.M. Smith, 1941 |
Tantillita is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America.[1]
Species and subspecies
[edit]Three species are recognized as being valid. One species has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Tantillita brevissima (Taylor, 1937) - speckled dwarf short-tail snake
- Tantillita canula (Cope, 1876) - Yucatan dwarf short-tail snake
- Tantillita lintoni (H.M. Smith, 1940) - brown dwarf short-tailed snake, Linton's dwarf short-tail snake,
- Tantillita lintoni lintoni (H.M. Smith, 1940)
- Tantillita lintoni rozellae Pérez-Higareda, 1985
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
[edit]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
[edit]All species in the genus Tantillita are oviparous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Genus Tantillita at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
Further reading
[edit]- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Smith HM (1941). "A new genus of Central American snakes related to Tantilla ". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31 (3): 115-117. (Tantillita, new genus, p. 117).