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Tantilla hendersoni

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Species of snake

Tantilla hendersoni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tantilla
Species: T. hendersoni
Binomial name
Tantilla hendersoni
Stafford, 2004

Tantilla hendersoni, also known commonly as the Peten centipede snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Belize.

Etymology

The specific name, hendersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert William Henderson.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. hendersoni is forest.

Behavior

T. hendersoni is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

T. hendersoni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Johnson, J.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Acevedo, M. (2014). "Tantilla hendersoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203316A2763855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203316A2763855.en. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ Species Tantilla hendersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tantilla hendersoni, p. 121).

Further reading

  • Hofmann, Erich P.; Gray, Russell J.; Wilson, Larry David; Townsend, Josiah H. (2017). "Discovery of the first male specimen of Tantilla hendersoni Stafford, 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae), from a new locality in central Belize". Herpetology Notes 10: 53–57.
  • Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. (With a foreword by Larry David Wilson). Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
  • Stafford PJ (2004). "A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) of the taeniata group from Southern Belize". Journal of Herpetology 38 (1): 43–52. (Tantilla hendersoni, new species).
  • Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2015). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 418–498.


Taxon identifiers
Tantilla hendersoni


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